Jacksonville, FL Mobility & Curb Rules: Red-Light Cameras (2026)
Key Facts
- Program status
- Repealed citywide by Ord. 2019-622-E (2019)
- Former citation
- Ch. 636, Pt. 4, §§636.401-636.403, now Reserved
- Fund also repealed
- §111.397, Sheriff's Red Light Safety Revenue Fund
- Program origin
- Created by Ord. 2012-449
- School-zone cameras
- No local ordinance authorizes them
- Current penalty
- None; no active photo-enforcement Code section
Summary
Jacksonville ran a red-light camera program from 2012 until the City Council repealed it outright in 2019. Ordinance Code Chapter 636, Part 4 (former §§ 636.401-636.403) and § 111.397, which created the Sheriff's Red Light Safety Revenue Fund, were both struck by Ord. 2019-622-E and now sit marked "Reserved," so no red-light or school-zone speed camera ordinance currently exists in Jacksonville.
PART 4. - RESERVED ... Editor's note— Ord. 2019-622-E, § 2, amended the Code by repealing former Part 4, §§ 636.401—636.403, in its entirety. Former Part 4 pertained to red light violations, and derived from Ord. 2012-449, §§ 1, 2. ... Sec. 111.397. - Reserved. Editor's note— Ord. 2019-622-E, § 1, amended the Code by repealing former § 111.397 in its entirety. Former § 111.397 pertained to the Sheriff's Red Light Safety Revenue Fund, and derived from Ord. 2012-449-E, § 3; and Ord. 2016-140-E, § 16.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 6 Update 1).
Full Breakdown
Jacksonville's local red-light camera program began with Ord. 397, later amended by Ord. 2016-140-E. That program is now entirely gone: the Code's own editor's notes record that "Ord. 403, in its entirety. Former Part 4 pertained to red light violations," and that "Ord. 397 in its entirety. " Both sections are now printed simply as "Reserved," with no operative text remaining under either number. A keyword search of the current Ordinance Code turns up no section anywhere authorizing red-light cameras, school-zone speed cameras, or any other automated photo-enforcement equipment in Duval County.
That means the City itself, not a state preemption, ended local photo enforcement in 2019, and any revival would require the Council to adopt an entirely new ordinance rather than reactivate the dormant sections, since the old sections were repealed "in their entirety" rather than merely suspended or amended.
Violations & Fines
Because Chapter 636, Part 4 and § 111.397 are both repealed, there is no active citation, fine or civil penalty structure for red-light or speed-camera violations anywhere in the current Jacksonville Ordinance Code. A driver cannot be cited locally under a red-light-camera ordinance today; any camera-generated citation would require a program the Council has not re-enacted since the 2019 repeal.
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