City of Lewes, DE
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2023-01-09
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The Code
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Part II: General Legislation
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Chapter 63 Beaches
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Article II Sleeping on Beaches
- The Charter
- Ch C Charter
- The Code
- Part I: Administrative Legislation
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 3 Elections
- Ch 9 Code of Conduct
- Ch 15 Emergency Operations
- Ch 33 Planning Commission
- Ch 37 (Reserved)
- Ch 40 Parks and Recreation Commission
- Part II: General Legislation
- Ch 56 Amusement Parks
- Ch 59 Animals
- Ch 63 Beaches
- Ch 63 Art II Sleeping on Beaches
- § 63-4 Sleeping and lying on beaches during certain hours prohibited.
- § 63-5 Violations and penalties.
- Ch 64 Beneficial Use Appeals
- Ch 65 Bicycles
- Ch 68 (Reserved)
- Ch 70 Building Code
- Ch 73 Buildings, Numbering of
- Ch 76 (Reserved)
- Ch 79 Canal Excavations
- Ch 80 Community Events
- Ch 86 Docks
- Ch 88 Dogs
- Ch 90 (Reserved)
- Ch 92 Emergency Measures
- Ch 95 Environmental Protection
- Ch 97 Firearms and Explosives
- Ch 106 Garbage, Rubbish and Refuse
- Ch 108 Gasoline, Storage of
- Ch 115 Junkyards
- Ch 118 (Reserved)
- Ch 121 (Reserved)
- Ch 123 Loitering
- Ch 125 Massage Parlors
- Ch 127 (Reserved)
- Ch 128 Mercantile Licensing
- Ch 132 Noise
- Ch 137 (Reserved)
- Ch 140 Peace and Good Order
- Ch 142 Peddling and Soliciting
- Ch 145 Plumbing
- Ch 148 Property Maintenance
- Ch 150 Rental Licensing
- Ch 158 Sewers
- Ch 167 Streets and Sidewalks
- Ch 170 Subdivision and Land Development
- Ch 172 Taxation
- Ch 175 Trailers and Trailer Parks
- Ch 177 Trees
- Ch 178 Trespassing
- Ch 181 Vehicles, Abandoned
- Ch 183 Vehicles and Traffic
- Ch 186 Vehicles, Unlicensed
- Ch 191 Water and Sewer Connections
- Ch 197 Zoning
- Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition List
[Adopted 6-8-1970]
It shall be unlawful for any person to sleep, lie, loiter on,
occupy as sleeping quarters or be under the guise or pretending to
sleep on any part of the public beaches within the corporate limits
of the City of Lewes or on any part of the public beaches under the
jurisdiction of the City of Lewes between 11:00 p.m., prevailing time,
and 7:00 a.m., prevailing time.
[Amended 5-12-1980]
Any person, firm or corporation violating any of the provisions
of this article shall, upon conviction, be subject to a fine of not
less than $25 nor more than $200 and imprisonment for a term of not
less than 10 days nor more than 30 days for the first such conviction.
For a second or subsequent conviction, any person, firm or corporation
shall, upon conviction, be subject to a fine of not less than $50
nor more than $500 and imprisonment for a term of not less than 20
days nor more than 60 days for each such conviction. Each day that
a violation of any of the provisions of this article continues shall
be deemed and taken to be a separate and distinct violation.
