My Way News - Orlando Homeless Laws Stir Heated Debate
From the land of oranges, HOAs, and condos, come these municipal ordinances imposing behavioral restrictions. I guess it's another kind of special district: sort of a "homeless-free zone." Note the reference to the luxury condo buildings:

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) - At Lake Eola park, there is much beauty to behold: robust palms, beds of cheery begonias, a cascading lake fountain, clusters of friendly egrets and swans, an amphitheater named in honor of Walt Disney.

Then there are the signs.

DO NOT LIE OR OTHERWISE BE IN A HORIZONTAL POSITION ON A PARK BENCH ... DO NOT SLEEP OR REMAIN IN ANY BUSHES, SHRUBS OR FOLIAGE ... per city code sec. 18A.09 (a) and (o).

Visit the park's restrooms, and you'll find this sign on the wall above the hand dryers:

BATHING AND/OR SHAVING IN RESTROOM IS PROHIBITED ... per city code 18A.09 (p) ... LAUNDERING CLOTHES IN LAKE EOLA PARK IS NOT PERMITTED...

On streets around Lake Eola, where drug dealers and prostitutes once roamed, residential towers like "The Paramount,""The Metropolitan at Lake Eola," and the "The Vue at Lake Eola," are now rising. In addition, the city is finalizing plans to renovate the downtown Citrus Bowl and build a new performing arts center and "Events Arena" by 2011 - at a cost of $1 billion.

Homelessness, in the view of Dyer and members of his staff, adversely affects public safety and economic development, and therefore must be addressed.