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ORDINANCE NO.
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AN ORDINANCE REGULATING CONDUCT CONSTITUTING THE OFFENSE OF VAGRANCY
IN THE CITY OF OCOEE, FLORIDA, AND PROVIDING FOR THE PENALTIES FOR ANY
VIOLATION OF THIS ORDINANCE.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF OCOEE, FLORIDA:
SECTION ONE: There is hereby adopted by the City of Ocoee for
the purpose of prescribing regulations governing the conduct consti-
tuting the offense of vagrancy in the City of Ocoee, Florida.
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SECTION TWO: No person in the City of Ocoee shall have the status
or condition of a "vagrant". The following persons shall be deemed
vagrants.
(a) No Lawful Means of Support. Any person having no lawful
means of employment and having no lawful means of support real-
ized solely from lawful occupations or sources; or, any person
who lives idly and without visible means of support.
(b) Loitering. Any person in the City of Ocoee found 10iter~ng
or strolling in, about, or upon any street, alley, or other pub-
lic way or public place, or at any public gathering or assembly,
or in or around any store, shop, or business or commercial es-
tablishment, or on any private property or place without lawful
business and conducting himself in a lewd, wanton or lascivious
manner in speech or behavior.
SECTION THREE: The penalties provided for any violation of this
ordinances shall be as follows:
Any person violating any of the prov~s~ons of this ordinance shall
be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be
fined in an amount not exceeding $50.00 for the first offense and
$100.00 for the second offense or be imprisoned in the City or County
jail for a period not exceeding ten (10) days for the first offense
and twenty (20) days for the second offense or be both fined and im-
prisoned.
SECTION FOUR: Copies of this ordinances shall be posted as pro-
vided for by law and the Charter of the City of Ocoee.
SECTION FIVE: This ordinance shall become effective immediately
upon its becoming a law.
SECTION SIX: All ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict
herewith are hereby repealed.
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DONE IN OPEN SESSION at Ocoee, Orange County, Florida, this
day of July, 1969.
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ATTEST:
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Approved by the Mayor this
I day of July, 1969.
(SEAL)
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