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St. Pete Beach adopts emergency ban on sign posts within 50 feet of mean high water line
Summary
The City Commission voted 4–1 on April 28 to adopt Emergency Ordinance 2026‑10, prohibiting temporary, portable or permanent signs, posts and poles within 50 feet landward of the mean high water line to address safety and wildlife concerns; exceptions were made for government and permitted turtle/shorebird signage and for watercraft operators’ A‑frame signs.
The St. Pete Beach City Commission on April 28 adopted an emergency ordinance that prohibits single‑post signs, posts and poles within 50 feet landward of the mean high water line of the Gulf, citing safety risks from rebar and poles in the surf and protection of shorebirds and sea turtles.
City Attorney and staff framed the ordinance as a narrowly tailored response to “private encroachments on public beach” and presented the prohibition as a tool to remove rebar and other fixed posts that staff said create hazards for people and wildlife. The ordinance allows exceptions for official signs installed by federal, state or local government entities and for…
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