Persons camping on city property because they do not have shelter available, whether in a city-designated camping area or on other city property when allowed under this chapter, may camp subject to the following regulations.
(A) Time. Unless otherwise specified, camping, when and where not prohibited, may occur on city property between the hours of 7:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. After 7:00 a.m., a camp must be dismantled and the person must remove all camping materials and personal property.
(B) Place. In addition to the prohibition set forth in § 94.04, camping is not allowed at any time in the following places:
(1) City buildings, city parking lots, and public parks and park facilities. This prohibition does not include camping in city-designated camping area(s) when allowed;
(2) Within or on any real property transferred to the city by donation or bequeathment;
(3) Within any area designated or operated by the city, Clean Water Services, Metro, any agency of the State of Oregon, or Federal Emergency Management Agency as a natural resource area, riparian corridor, flood plain, wildlife conservation area, vegetated corridor, stormwater infrastructure, or water quality sensitive area;
(4) Within 500 feet from any public and private elementary, middle and high school;
(5) Within any area zoned residential on the city zoning map in effect or public property abutting a parcel used for residential purposes;
(6) Within 20 feet of the public entrance to a business;
(7) Within 20 feet of a transit stop;
(8) Upon any parcel of land managed for the operation and regulatory compliance of the municipal water supply system, stormwater systems, or electrical substations.
(C) Manner. Camping, when and where allowed, is subject to the following:
(1) Camps and camp materials located on a public sidewalk or trail shall not reduce the clear, continuous sidewalk or trail to less than five feet at all times to assure compliance with the American with Disabilities Act.
(2) No camp or camp materials shall obstruct any portion of any street or bicycle lane open to use by vehicles or bicycles.
(3) Person(s) camping may not accumulate, discard, or leave behind any materials including camping materials, garbage, debris, unsanitary or hazardous materials on any public or private property.
(4) Animals residing in or visiting camps must be leashed or crated at all times.
(5) Person(s) camping may not use power generators that result in a violation of the city’s noise ordinance.
(6) A camp must be limited to one tent or temporary structure per individual or household. The camp can be no larger than 144 square feet, including camping materials and any other personal property.
(7) Items presenting a danger to others, including uncontained sharps/needles, uncontained human waste or unauthorized connections or taps to private or public utilities are prohibited.
(8) Portable outdoor fireplaces, recreational fires, open burning and bonfires are prohibited. Types of cooking stoves and other devices for keeping warm are permitted, as allowed by adopted city policies.
(9) Dumping of gray water (i.e., wastewater from bathwater, sinks and cooking) or black water (sewage) on city property is prohibited.
(10) Obstruction or attachment of camp materials to public infrastructure or private property structures, including but not limited to bridges or bridge infrastructure, fire hydrants, utility poles, streetlights, traffic signals, signs, fences, trees, vegetation, vehicles or buildings is prohibited.
(11) Digging, excavation, terracing of soil, or other alteration of city property, or damage to vegetation or trees is prohibited. Camps shall not include permanent structures.
(12) Nothing in this section is intended to prevent the regulation of camping on a temporary or permanent basis on city property when such regulation is necessary to maintain the ability of everyone to use a public space as designed and intended or for a limited public purpose including capital construction, maintenance, repair, property transfer or during event or special use.
(13) The consumption of intoxicants, as defined by § 130.06, is prohibited on city property.
(Ord. 2023-04, passed 6-26-2023)