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Kissimmee commission adopts ordinance to ban public camping, repeals panhandling code in 4-1 vote
Summary
The Kissimmee City Commission approved a second reading of an ordinance creating a prohibition on public camping or sleeping and repealing the city—s panhandling article; staff said the measure implements a state law that took effect Jan. 1 and establishes local penalties for enforcement.
The Kissimmee City Commission voted 4-1 to approve a second reading of a proposed ordinance creating a prohibition on public camping or sleeping and repealing the city—s panhandling code.
City staff said the ordinance, described at the meeting as "proposed ordinance number 24-seventeen" and identified in the record as Ordinance 3,112, 2, enacts a new Section 38-1 in Chapter 38 (Streets, Sidewalks and Other Public Places), amends related penalty and parking-hearing provisions, and repeals Chapter 10, Article X (Panhandling). Staff told the commission the change is intended to implement a state Senate bill that took effect Jan. 1 and to create local penalties that permit enforcement of the state law.
Staff recommended approval at the second…
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