3:31 p.m. Public Hearing to Consider Amending the Panhandling Ordinance
From:
Alison Rogers, County Attorney
Organization:
County Attorney's Office
CAO Approval:
RECOMMENDATION:
3:31 p.m. Public Hearing for consideration of amending the Panhandling Ordinance.
Recommendation: That the Board adopt an Ordinance amending Volume I, Chapter 86, Article IV, Division 2, Sections 86-250 through 86-253, of the Escambia County Code of Ordinances, the Panhandling Ordinance; providing for additional Legislative findings; updating Community Redevelopment Areas and delineating intersections within those Community Redevelopment Areas where Panhandling is prohibited; establishing a prohibition on Panhandling one half mile in each direction of I-10 and I-110; providing for severability; providing for inclusion in the Code; providing for an effective date.
BACKGROUND:
At its January 22, 2015 meeting, the Board approved setting the Public Hearing for consideration of amending the Panhanlding Ordinance.
At the Committee of the Whole on December 18, 2014, the Board directed staff to amend Escambia County Ordinance 2007-08, as amended by 2011-35, to create panhandling zones within a 1/2 mile east and west of Interstate 110, and north and south of all intersections of Interstate 10, in order to address escalating issues along major thoroughfares in the County.
BUDGETARY IMPACT:
N/A
LEGAL CONSIDERATIONS/SIGN-OFF:
The County Attorney's Office drafted the amendment to the proposed ordinance and it was advertised in the Saturday Edition of the Pensacola News Journal on January 24, 2015.