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Winter Garden adopts school‑zone speed cameras despite criticism of 10‑mph threshold
Summary
The Winter Garden City Commission unanimously approved Ordinance 25‑01 to allow automated speed‑detection systems in designated school zones. Commissioners, residents and the police chief debated a state-set 10‑mile‑per‑hour threshold for camera citations and data-reporting requirements before the vote.
The Winter Garden City Commission unanimously approved Ordinance 25‑01 on Jan. 14, 2025, authorizing the use of automated speed‑detection systems in designated school zones to address speeding that staff said threatens student and pedestrian safety.
The ordinance creates a school‑zone speed enforcement program, establishes program implementation and administrative requirements and authorizes the use of speed detection systems within the city’s designated school zones. The measure passed after an extended public discussion about a state legislative threshold that requires automated systems to issue citations only for drivers recorded at least 10 miles per hour above the posted limit.
The ordinance matters, officials said, because it provides a technology‑based tool to supplement limited officer patrols near schools. At the same time, several commissioners and members of the public objected to the 10‑mph threshold they said could blunt the…
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