Ordinance 09-2015 Offenses & Miscellaneous Provisions ORDINANCE NO. 9-2015
AN ORDINANCE OF THE TOWN COUNCIL OF THE TOWN
OF PALM BEACH, PALM BEACH COUNTY, FLORIDA,
AMENDING CHAPTER 70 OF THE TOWN CODE
RELATING TO OFFENSES TO INCLUDE A NEW SECTION
70-9 TO PROVIDE A PROHIBITION ON SLEEPING OR
CAMPING ON ANY PUBLIC BEACH, DUNE, BEACH
ACCESS, SIDEWALK, PARKING LOT OR OTHER PUBLIC
AREA OF THE TOWN, OR IN ANY VEHICLE UPON ANY
TOWN STREET, RIGHT-OF-WAY, TOWN PROPERTY,
BEACH ACCESS PARKING AREA OR PARKING LOT OR
ANY OTHER PUBLIC PROPERTY BETWEEN THE HOURS
OF 10:00 P.M. AND 6:00 A.M. THE FOLLOWING DAY;
PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY; PROVIDING FOR
REPEAL OF ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT; PROVIDING
FOR CODIFICATION; PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE TOWN COUNCIL OF THE TOWN OF PALM
BEACH, PALM BEACH COUNTY, FLORIDA, AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Chapter 70 of the Town Code of Ordinances relating to Offenses is
hereby amended to include a new Section 70-9 to provide as follows:
"Sec. 70-9. Sleeping, camping in public place; sleeping in vehicle.
No person shall sleep or camp on any public beach, dune, beach
access (dune crossover), sidewalk, parking lot or other public area of the
town and no person shall sleep in any vehicle upon any town street, public
right-of-way, town property, beach access parking area, parking lot or any
other public property between the hours of 10:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m. the
following day."
Section 2. Severability.
If any provision of this Ordinance or the application thereof is held invalid, such
invalidity shall not affect the other provisions or applications of this Ordinance which can
be given effect without the invalid provisions or applications, and to this end the
provisions of this Ordinance are hereby declared severable.
Section 3. Repeal of Ordinances in Conflict. "I
All other ordinances of the Town of Palm Beach, Florida, or parts thereof which
conflict with this or any part of this Ordinance are hereby repealed.
Section 4. Codification.
This Ordinance shall be codified and made a part of the official Code of
Ordinances of the Town of Palm Beach,
Section 5. Effective Date.
This Ordinance shall take effect immediately upon its passage and approval, as
provided by law.
PASSED AND ADOPTED in a regular, adjourned session of the Town Council of
the Town of Palm Beach on first reading this10th day of February, 2015, and for second
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and final reading on this 10th day of
Ga Z. Conig io, Ma#r r Micha I J. Pucill wn Council President
Richard M. Kleid, President Pro Tem
'Da6delle H. Moo e, wt Co cil Member
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ATTEST: Pe elope # . Townsend, Town Council Member
san A. Owe s, MMC, Town Clerk Robert N. Wildnck, Town Council Member
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