File #: 9727-23    Version: 1 Name: 9727-23 Repeal Section 21.18 relating to prohibiting soliciting, etc.
Type: Ordinance Status: Passed
File created: 10/13/2023 In control: Police Department
On agenda: 11/2/2023 Final action: 11/2/2023
Title: Amend Clearwater Code of Ordinances, Chapter 21, Offenses, repealing Section 21.18 relating to prohibiting soliciting, begging, or panhandling in the Clearwater Downtown Core Redevelopment Zone and the Clearwater Beach Core Tourist Zone and pass Ordinance 9727-23 on first reading.
Attachments: 1. 9727-23 Repeal Soliciting in Downtown Core

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Amend Clearwater Code of Ordinances, Chapter 21, Offenses, repealing Section 21.18 relating to prohibiting soliciting, begging, or panhandling in the Clearwater Downtown Core Redevelopment Zone and the Clearwater Beach Core Tourist Zone and pass Ordinance 9727-23 on first reading.  

 

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SUMMARY: 

Section 21.18 of the Clearwater Code of Ordinances prohibits soliciting, begging, or panhandling in the Clearwater Downtown Core Redevelopment Zone and the Clearwater Beach Core Tourist Zone.  Ordinances of this nature have faced constitutional challenges throughout the United States. The Clearwater Police Department no longer utilizes or enforces Section 21.18 of the Code of Ordinances prohibiting soliciting, begging, or panhandling in the Clearwater Downtown Core Redevelopment Zone and the Clearwater Beach Core Tourist Zone, and therefore should be repealed.