Satellite Beach, FL Curfew Laws: Juvenile Curfew (2026)
Key Facts
- Governing section
- City Code § 38-70
- Adopts
- F.S. §§ 877.20-877.24 by reference
- Adopted
- Ord. No. 647, Jan. 17, 1996
- Repeal-proof clause
- Stays effective if state law is repealed
- Enforcer
- Satellite Beach Police Department
Summary
In the City of Satellite Beach, City Code § 38-70 adopts Florida's juvenile curfew law, F.S. §§ 877.20 through 877.24, by reference and makes it effective within the city. The ordinance also protects itself against a future state repeal: if the legislature ever repeals those statutes, Satellite Beach's own version keeps operating as if the repeal never happened.
(a)The city hereby adopts by reference the provisions of F.S. §§ 877.20—877.24, to be effective within the city.(b)If F.S. §§ 877.20—877.24 are repealed, such repeal shall not affect said laws of the city, and such statutory provisions shall continue to be in effect within the city as if such provisions had not been repealed.
Full Breakdown
Chapter 38, Article IV of the Satellite Beach Code consists of a single section, § 38-70, adopted by Ordinance No. 647 on January 17, 1996. ' That drafting choice means enforcement and the offense definitions track the state statute as currently written, so Satellite Beach Police officers cite juveniles under the same standards a Brevard County deputy would apply anywhere else in the county. 24, that repeal does not touch the Satellite Beach ordinance. The curfew law stays on the city's books and keeps operating within city limits exactly as if the state had never repealed it, unless and until the city council itself amends or repeals § 38-70. The chapter's own footnote cross-references the same statutory range, confirming the adoption-by-reference is deliberate rather than an editorial leftover from the 1976 Code recodification.
Violations & Fines
Because § 38-70 adopts the state curfew act wholesale, a juvenile curfew violation in Satellite Beach is enforced exactly as F.S. §§ 877.20-877.24 direct, through Satellite Beach Police Department citations rather than a separate city fine schedule; the ordinance itself sets no independent city penalty and instead relies entirely on the incorporated state provisions for both the offense and its consequences.
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