No consensus on Burien City Council over bill banning camping on public property
(The Center Square) – Nothing was settled at a recent Burien City Council meeting regarding a proposed camping ban on public property as the city s...
(The Center Square) – Nothing was settled at a recent Burien City Council meeting regarding a proposed camping ban on public property as the city struggles to address homeless encampments. Ordinance 818 is modeled on the Bellevue's similar anti-camping law that does not criminalize people resting, sleeping, or lying down on public property if there are no shelter beds or spaces available. Instead, it authorizes the city manager to set reasonable place and manner restrictions on resting, sleeping or lying down on public property.