Beginning Sunday, anyone 18 or older could face a fine -- or at least get shooed away by police -- if found in a Miami Beach playground without a child.
Intended to protect children from predatory adults, the new rule is part of a national trend -- a municipal corollary to kids-required policies for grown-ups at children's museums.
Miami Beach Commissioner Jorge Exposito proposed the ordinance at a City Commission meeting in April after seeing a man behave lewdly in front of children at South Pointe Park.
"If you don't have a kid, then what the heck are you doing in a tot lot?'' Exposito asked. "It's an instrument for parents and police, and it provides a safe environment for the children.''
Miami Beach is among the first in South Florida to join cities including New York City and San Francisco in instituting child-required policies in kids' play areas.
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