Burien to draft camping ban as search for encampment site continues
Burien is one step closer to enforcing a camping ban on public property as the city struggles to address a homeless encampment being moved from lot...
Burien is one step closer to enforcing a camping ban on public property as the city struggles to address a homeless encampment being moved from lot to lot. After hours of debate and public comment, the Burien City Council voted 4-3 Monday night to direct the city manager to draft the ordinance that would ban camping on public property, modeled after Bellevue's camping ban . More on Burien City Council : Burien to hold council meeting on mental health, encampment The ordinance in Bellevue requires that people must be offered shelter but defines addiction and many behavioral health conditions as 'voluntary behaviors.