Ord G-236(07-56) ,.,~,~.:~;..~, a great deal or unfavorable publicity has resulted
to the City of Delray 3ea~;b., fflorida, because said City has no
ordinance or re(di:.ation preventin{~ the interminglin,.z o~. the nezro
~'~,; ':~ite races within this cozmnunity, and,
~:';s:'n~'~ as a result of such adverse 'oubiicity, lar~'~e nm~bors
of nazroes ~'rom other com~:~unities have come upon the '"unicipal
Neach, and,
'...~- ......... ,~:-~, a~,, a result of this invasion of the ~unici~a~. .~. Beach
by those non-resident negroes, near riots have oocurre5 between
meNbers of the negro race and membems of the white race, and,
'"~"'"...~A-:,m'~'"°:.~;~, racial tension has increased in this cofmnunitv~ to
the point that the life of one co~zissione~ of the 0ity of Delray
Beach izas been threatened, and~
~"'m-"'z,*" ~,.~mz-,.~,~.:~s, the ~Iunicipai Beach and the Municipal Pool is located
ad. jacent to the v:hite residential area and removed from the negro
' ' r ' ~ aD.d,
res lde. ltla~ area~
"(i~iiR%AS, an emergency exists in the City of Delray Beaoh~
Florias, due to the fact that no ordinance exisvs prohibitinz the
¥~.,~zte races on the lMnicipal Beach and in
'.ain~ling of the neer{~ ~ ~ and '~ '
the ~[unici~ml Pool, and the Council of said City deems it }:eces:~ary
lot' the ir~mediate preservation for ~ublic 'peace, property, health,
morals and safety, that t:,ls ordinance be passed as an eme~ge~,cp
oPdinance, and~
~-.r.--~-,~,~-,~,,.,,...;:~_~.~o, the State of Florida has heretofore granted unto the
City of De!ray Beach, zlorida, police powers, which grant a:}pe.ars
in the .... .:' ~,
~.~unlczpel Ch~'~er at Section 7 (15)~ and
"~.~::: .:.~o: "~, said :State of Flor[.da has the _so~er and authority to
delegate such police powers to its municipalities by reason of the
Constitution of the State of Florida and the Constitution of the
United States of ~maerica, and in order to prevent strife and inter-
racl,~ riots and to proNote and preserve the health, safety and
,?e~eral welfare of all of the citizens of Delray Beach, Florida
NO~? .~'~,~n~ by virtue of the police ~owers granted to said
City as aforesaid~ be it and it is ordained by the City Co~u~ission
of the City of Delray Beach, Florida, as follows:
Section 1o Definitions,
For the pur:oose of this ordinance:
(a) "Negro" is defined to be any person of the negro race as
defined by the Florida Statutes, 19~1, in Section 1.01,
(b) "i',~unicipal Beach" is defined to be that parcel of land
locateS, in Palm Beach County~ Flotilla, mor~ particularly described as
follows~ to-wit:
That parcel of land in Section 16, To~.mship
~6 South, Range ~3 East, lying between the
sidewalk as now laid out and in use, s,~hich
sidewalk lies along the East side of Ocean
Boulevard and the high ~,.~ater mark of the
Atlantic Ocean,
(c) ")'~unicipal Pool" defined is that certain s~:i~:~.~ing pool
locsted upon the following described property, as nell as all
.'~,~.ents located thereon, said property being described as follows, to-¥~'it:
Co~'~enc'zn~-' at the '~,ortheast cor~er of Lot 17
of the subdivision of the East half (E½) of
Section 16, To¥~mship 46 South, Ranf~e 43 East
in Palm Beach County, Florida, said subdivision
plat being made by Geo, 'A~o Potter and executed
by Sarah G. Cleason and iT, H. Gleason and others
and duly recorded in the records of the Clerk
of the Circuit Court of Palm Beach County,
Florida. From said point of beginning go
on the South boundary line of .~.tl~D. vic Avenue,
150 feet; thence go South 50 feet; thence go East
to the East boundary line of said lot 17, from
thence go northerly along -the East boundary line
of Lot 17 to the point of commencing, and
Lot 17 and the East One Half (E~) of Lot 18
in Block 1 in Ocean Park, according to a plat
of Ocean Park now on file in the office of the
Clerk of the Circuit Court in and for Palm Beach
CounZy, Florida.
Section 2.
No member of the negro race shall go u~3on the Delray ~ach
i~unicipal Beach or the Delray Beach. ~!unicipal Pool as said ter~:~s are
defined and described herein, during the interim of this emergency
unless said person is an employee of the City of Delray Beach, Florida,
and is directed by proper authority to go upon said beach or said
pool in pursuit of their employment.
~ection 3.
The emergency as herein defined shall be deemed to e:~ist until this
ordinance is repealed by the City Commission of the City of Delray
Beach, Florida.
Section ~. Enforcement.
(a) It shall be unlavgul for any person to fail or refuse to
comply with and abide by any of the provisions of this ordinance.
(b) Any person who shall violate this ordinance, uoon
conviction thereof, shall be fined not more than Five Hundred and 00/100
(:i~500.00) dollars or imprisioned in the City jail or at hard labor
upon the streets oz' other public works of the City, not exceeding
ninety (90) days, or by both such fine and imprisonment.
/Section 5. )~:ffective Date
This is a~ emergency ordinance and shall become effective
i~m~ediate!y upon its passage.
?A'3SED A~.~ ADOPTED in Special Session this the 23rd day of
~ay, AoDo 1956.
AGREE~£~T
'~E,, ~;he hereinafte: signed 9~rson~ in ou~ individuai
a~ as Agents and Repr'esent:atives of the Negro Civic o~anization, a~
,Negro cit~men~y of the City of D.lray B~ch. Flc, r~da. aft~i conference
.;~. t}le City Co~is~lon of the City of Dml. ray B~ch. Florida hereby
rester fully s~.~mit to said Co. ms.ion al~d If agrm~ to m)' ~aid
agree to k~ ~und Dy the
(1) ~e C..~I Co. lesion of .aid City i~.iStei, y ~nstruct
t:~is ci. fy in accordance with th~ plans and ~pecificatlons prm~'fad a~
on file in the Office of tl'~. City ~anagmr of said
(~) ~,e City Co~i~sion of amid City ~hail i~iatmlt drop
present action t~en to att~pt to exc!udm the N~ro section from the
corotar, limits of the City of belray 5~ch. Florida.
(3) ~.e City Co~2ssion of said City ~ i~iaiml~ ap~int
a five (5) me.er' committe, to investigate the ~ays and ~ea~ to obtain
a N~ro oc.an beach mnG ~ke it~ reco~endations to fha City
L~aqum a~ ~B~ 3. HOL~ND.
(4) ~e C~ty Co. is.ion of ~aid Cit~ ~hall t~. i~iatm
to attempt to ~eil the One Hu~r~ (t00) feet of ~ean pz'o~rt~
de.i~at~ for N~ro ~e in the .icir~ty of Ocm~ ~idge, F!o~i~ an~
~ke the process resu!ti~ from aucn a sale available for ~e by said
Co~ittee as it ~y hereinafter
~e, in turn, speaki~ as Agents ~d Representatives of t~e N~ro
citiz~.s of thzs e~unity, as well am fo~ the Ch~hem, Schools ~nd C~vie
Groups, hereby a9~ee that we ~11 premezve ~e ~ATUS Q~ Detween the
and the ~ites in the Delray B~ch area.
~e wish to state that it ia not our desire to s~m with the Whit,s;
to '~e the munici~l ~olf c~r,e, ~oi o~ o~er m~ici~l fmci!ttie~
co.only ~ solely by the ~ite~ and ~ wish to assure the
,,~,y Co~ismion
t~t we ~ill ~t do anything ~at will Mm ~r ~.troy ~e e~nomy of
City of De!ray B~c~, Florida.
R~apectfull~ su~itt~ i~ go~ faith.
~, the he~ei~fter named Commis, ioner~ of the City of D~lra.~
?lorida im the n~e of ~ne City c~f belray Beach, glo~ida
individual ~a~citie~ hereby a~ee to the provil~o~ ~ta.'t~
the te~s set forth a~ a~ree to take !~ediate ao~ioa 'to ef~ the
obli~ati~ ~ have hereu~e~
Si~, aece~, ratified and appro'~ thi~ Z~ ~ay of 3ul~, A.D.