9677-23 DocuSign Envelope ID: DE0800CE-6629-40AA-AFC9-1821CF6043C3
ORDINANCE NO. 9677-23
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF CLEARWATER,
FLORIDA, REPEALING SECTION 21.20 OF THE CODE
OF ORDINANCES, RELATING TO THE OFFENSE OF
SITTING OR LYING DOWN IN THE CLEARWATER
DOWNTOWN CORE REDEVELOPMENT ZONE, THE
GATEWAY CORRIDOR AND THE CLEARWATER
BEACH CORE TOURIST ZONE; PROVIDING AN
EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS the City has from time to time, has amended parts of the Code
which are no longer in use; and
WHEREAS, Section 21.20, Code of Ordinances, prohibits sitting or lying down
upon the publicly owned rights-of-way sidewalks, piers, docks, boardwalks, including
public-access boardwalks, and the entry-ways to or exit-ways from publicly owned
buildings located in the Clearwater Downtown Core Redevelopment Zone, the Gateway
Corridor, and the Clearwater Beach Core Tourist Zone is not currently being used as
other ordinances are used as tools of enforcement uniformly across the City; and
WHEREAS, Section 21.20, Code of Ordinances, therefore, is redundant, and
is no longer utilized by the Clearwater Police Department, therefore,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
CLEARWATER, FLORIDA:
Section 1. Section 21.20, Code of Ordinances, is hereby repealed.
Section 2. This ordinance shall take effect immediately upon adoption.
PASSED ON FIRST READING June 8, 2023
PASSED ON SECOND AND FINAL June 15, 2023
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Ordinance 9677-23