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investigate wether Fort Lauderdale's Ordinance that limits charitable organizations from feeding the homeless is legal.

Created by M.L. on November 09, 2014

On Friday, November 7th, 2014, Fort Lauderdale started a new Ordinance that limits the efforts to feed the homeless, and can have a person arrested for doing so with possible fines and jail time.

The Ordinance states:
-There can be only one "Feeding Center" every 500 feet
-There can be only one "Feeding Center" in every city block
-There can not be a "Feeding Center" 500 feet from any residential building.

This Ordinance seems like a violation of a person's basic constitutional rights, and should be investigated into it's potential legality.

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