Miramar, FL Public Conduct: Loitering Rules (2026)
Key Facts
- Buffer distance
- 500 feet from any school
- Measurement method
- Shortest pedestrian route to school grounds
- Campus ban
- Applies to schools, colleges, universities
- Defense
- Legitimate reason plus written permission
- Penalty authority
- Code § 1-13, general penalty
Summary
Miramar bans loitering within 500 feet of any school and on any school, college or university campus in the city, unless you have a legitimate reason and written permission to be there. Violators face the general penalty under Code section 1-13.
It shall be unlawful and illegal for any person to loiter within five hundred (500) feet distance of any school within the city. Such distance shall be measured by following the shortest route of ordinary pedestrian travel along the public thoroughfare to the nearest point of the school grounds in use as part of the school facilities. ... A person shall be deemed guilty of loitering who remains in a school, college or university building or upon the grounds thereof, not having any reason or relationship involving custody of or responsibility for a pupil or any other specific legitimate reason for being upon such premises, and not having written permission from anyone authorized to grant such permission.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 104 | Land Development Code: Supplement 46).
Full Breakdown
City Code section 13-8(a) states it "shall be unlawful and illegal for any person to loiter within five hundred (500) feet distance of any school within the city," with the distance measured "by following the shortest route of ordinary pedestrian travel along the public thoroughfare to the nearest point of the school grounds." Subsection (b) separately bans loitering "upon any school, college or university grounds or within any school, college or university building within the territorial boundaries of the city." Subsection (c) defines the offense: a person is guilty of loitering who remains on school, college or university property "not having any reason or relationship involving custody of or responsibility for a pupil or any other specific legitimate reason for being upon such premises, and not having written permission from anyone authorized to grant such permission." The section traces to Code 1964, § 15-28, and the codifiers note it parallels the state loitering-near-schools statute at F.S. § 856.021.
Violations & Fines
Subsection (d) makes clear that "persons violating this section shall be punished as provided by section 1-13 of this Code," Miramar's general penalty provision for code violations lacking a specific fine, which authorizes citation or prosecution as a municipal ordinance violation. Because the 500-foot zone and the on-campus ban are separate prohibitions, a person can be cited under either subsection independently even without setting foot on school property.
Frequently Asked Questions
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