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Daytona Beach Shores adopts revisions to canvasser and solicitor rules, clarifies identification and penalty language
Summary
The Daytona Beach Shores City Commission approved Ordinance No. 2024-23 on second reading to repeal parts of the vagrancy code and revise canvasser/solicitor permitting rules; commissioners agreed to clarify penalty language and broaden required identification.
The Daytona Beach Shores City Commission on Jan. 7 approved Ordinance No. 2024-23 on second reading, repealing portions of Chapter 16-20 related to vagrancy and revising provisions in Chapter 16A-16 governing canvassers and solicitors.
The ordinance, read into the record by Tony Vois, updates the municipal code’s approach to solicitation and canvassing and provides for codification, conflict, severability and an effective date. Commissioners voted unanimously to adopt the ordinance with two clarifying edits proposed during the meeting.
Why it matters: The changes affect how the city permits and regulates people and organizations that solicit or canvass within city limits and the penalties that may apply for violations. City staff and commissioners described the motion as a cleanup and modernization of existing language to match enforcement intent.
Key changes discussed at the meeting included replacing a generic penalty description with explicit statutory language for the level of offense and broadening the required applicant identification. Commissioner Economos pointed to the penalties section (agenda packet, p.55) and said the code should specify the offense as a second-degree misdemeanor rather than leaving the severity implicit. He also asked that the application subsection (packet, p.57) replace the phrase “Florida driver’s license number” with a less specific requirement to accommodate people without a Florida driver’s license. City counsel indicated those changes were acceptable and the commission approved the ordinance with those edits.
No members of the public spoke on the item during the second reading. The motion to adopt the ordinance as amended was moved by Commissioner Economos and seconded by the vice mayor; the vote recorded by the clerk was 5-0 in favor.
The ordinance text as read references Chapter 16-20 and Chapter 16A of the city code; the commission instructed staff and counsel to incorporate the specific edits discussed into the final codified language.
