Coral Springs, FL Homelessness & Encampment Rules: Encampment Sanitation (2026)
Key Facts
- Public property
- camping banned everywhere, no owner exception
- Residential property
- banned unless owner consents (§16-7(c))
- Definition includes
- outdoor sleeping, shelter, open-flame cooking
- Each day of violation
- separate offense (§16-8(a))
- General penalty
- up to $500 fine / 90 days jail (§1-8)
Summary
Coral Springs bans camping everywhere on public property, including parks, rights-of-way, and other city land, under Section 16-7. The same section bars camping on any residential property in the city unless the owner consents, and defines camping to include sleeping outdoors, sleeping in a temporary shelter, or cooking over an open flame outdoors.
(a)Camping, for purposes of this section, is defined as follows:(1)Sleeping or otherwise being in a temporary shelter out-of-doors; or(2)Sleeping out-of-doors; or(3)Cooking over an open flame or fire out-of-doors.(b)Camping is prohibited on all public property, including all public parks, rights-of-way, and non-designated areas, except that which is authorized by the appropriate governmental authority.(c)Camping is prohibited on all property in the city used for residential purposes, provided, however, that camping is permitted on such property with the permission and consent of the property owner.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 1 Update 1 | Land Development Code: Supplement 76 Update 2).
Full Breakdown
Section 16-7(a) defines camping broadly for the chapter: sleeping or otherwise being in a temporary outdoor shelter, sleeping out-of-doors without any shelter at all, or cooking over an open flame or fire out-of-doors. Subsection (b) prohibits camping on all public property in the city, expressly naming public parks, rights-of-way and non-designated areas, with the only exception being camping authorized by the appropriate governmental authority, such as a park permit issued under Section 16-2. Subsection (c) extends the ban to residential property as well, but allows it where the property owner gives permission and consent, so a homeowner may authorize camping on their own lot.
Enforcement runs through Section 16-8(a), which applies to this chapter: failing to comply with the terms of any permit or authority required under the chapter is a Code violation, and each day of violation is treated as a separate and individual offense, with the city manager or a designee assigned to enforce it. 00 minimum penalty, an unlisted 16-7 violation is punishable under the Code's general penalty provision, Section 1-8.
Violations & Fines
Section 16-8(a) makes each day of a camping violation a separate and individual offense enforced by the city manager or a designee. Because Section 16-7 camping outside a park is not listed in the Section 1-8.1(d) civil fine schedule, it is punishable under the Code's general penalty in Section 1-8: a fine of not more than $500.00, imprisonment for not more than 90 days, or both.
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