Port Orange, FL Curfew Laws: Juvenile Curfew (2026)
Key Facts
- Adopting section
- City Code § 46-5
- State law adopted
- Fla. Stat. §§ 877.20-877.25
- Method
- Incorporated by reference as city ordinance
- Default city penalty
- Up to $500 fine or 60 days
- Adopting ordinance
- Ord. No. 1997-66 (1998)
Summary
Port Orange does not write its own curfew hours. Section 46-5 of the city code adopts Florida's juvenile curfew statute, Sections 877.20 through 877.25, wholesale and incorporates it by reference as a city ordinance, meaning the state's minor curfew rules are enforced as Port Orange law within city limits.
(a)Whenever in this Code or any ordinance any act is prohibited or is made or declared to be unlawful or an offense or misdemeanor, or whenever in such Code or any ordinance the doing of any act is required or the failure to do any act is declared to be unlawful, where no specific penalty is provided therefor, the violation of any such provision of this Code or an ordinance shall be punished by a fine not exceeding $500.00 or imprisonment for a term not exceeding 60 days, or by both such fine and imprisonment in the discretion of the judge trying the case. Each day any violation of any provision of this Code or any ordinance shall continue shall constitute a separate offense. ... Sections 877.20 through 877.25, Florida Statutes, inclusive, relating to juvenile curfew, are hereby adopted and incorporated by reference as an ordinance of the city.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 43 | Land Development Code: Supplement 38).
Full Breakdown
Rather than drafting separate curfew hours, ages, or exceptions, the city took the simplest legislative route available: Section 46-5, adopted by Ordinance No. ' That means whatever the state legislature has written into Chapter 877 of the Florida Statutes for juvenile curfew, including the definitions, restricted hours, and enforcement procedures found in those six sections, applies inside Port Orange exactly as if the city council had typed it into its own code. The city has not layered any additional local restriction, exception, or stricter penalty on top of the state framework in Section 46-5 itself.
Chapter 46's general penalty provision, Section 46-2, only covers Section 46-1's separate adoption of state misdemeanors, so a curfew violation is handled under the state statute's own enforcement scheme rather than a distinct Port Orange fine. 00 or up to 60 days in jail, or both, with each day of a continuing violation counted as a separate offense.
Violations & Fines
Because Section 46-5 incorporates the state statute wholesale rather than setting its own penalty, enforcement follows Chapter 877's state procedures for stopping and returning a curfew violator. Where no other specific penalty applies to a Code of Ordinances violation, Section 1-8 imposes a default fine of up to $500.00 or imprisonment of up to 60 days, or both, with each continuing day of violation treated as a separate offense.
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