Satellite Beach, FL Homelessness & Encampment Rules: Encampment Sanitation (2026)
Key Facts
- Governing section
- City Code § 38-7
- Public-property ban hours
- 11:00 p.m. to 5:00 a.m.
- Residential yard cap
- 3 consecutive days per 30 days
- Yard exception condition
- Must be an enclosed fenced yard
- Penalty
- Up to $500 fine / 60 days, § 1-13
- Adopted
- Ord. No. 1244, Feb. 7, 2024
Summary
In the City of Satellite Beach, City Code § 38-7 bars sleeping or camping on any beach, dune, beach access, sidewalk, parking lot or other public area, and bars sleeping in a vehicle on any city street, right-of-way or public property, between 11:00 p.m. and 5:00 a.m. Camping in a residential yard is capped at three consecutive days within any 30-day stretch and must stay inside a fenced yard.
(a)No person shall sleep or camp on any beach, dune, beach access (dune crossover), sidewalk, parking lot or other public area of the city and no person shall sleep in any vehicle upon any city street, public right-of-way, city property, beach access parking area, parking lot or any other public property between the hours of 11:00 p.m. and 5:00 a.m. the following day.(b)No person shall camp or sleep at any time in any yard of any residentially-zoned property for more than three consecutive days in any 30-day time period. Any camping or sleeping governed by this subsection shall occur only within an enclosed fenced yard.
Full Breakdown
Section 38-7, adopted by Ordinance No. 1244 on February 7, 2024, splits the city's camping and sleeping rules into two tracks. the following day. That window covers Satellite Beach's ocean shoreline, Pelican Beach Park and Hightower Beach access points along with every public parking lot and street in the city. Subsection (b) is the residential-yard track: camping or sleeping in the yard of a residentially-zoned property is allowed, but only inside an enclosed, fenced yard, and only for up to three consecutive days within any rolling 30-day period; staying longer, or camping in an unfenced yard, falls outside the exception. 00, imprisonment of up to 60 days, or both, with each day a violation continues counted as a separate offense.
Violations & Fines
Sleeping or camping on the beach, a dune, a sidewalk, a parking lot or any other public area between 11:00 p.m. and 5:00 a.m., or sleeping in a vehicle on a public street or right-of-way in that window, or camping in an unfenced yard or past the three-day/30-day cap, is a City Code violation enforceable under § 1-13: up to a $500.00 fine, up to 60 days in jail, or both, with each day treated as a separate offense.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Sources & Official References
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