A. Time Regulations: An involuntarily homeless person may camp between the hours of seven o’clock (7:00) p.m. and seven o’clock (7:00) a.m. After seven o’clock (7:00) a.m., an involuntarily homeless person must dismantle the campsite and remove all personal property from the campsite. Any camp, camp materials, or personal property in violation of any standards in this chapter may be removed or cleaned up by the City.
B. Place regulations: Except as expressly authorized in the Nyssa City Code, it shall be unlawful for any person to camp in the following places at any time:
1. On or within any public right-of-way, including undeveloped public rights-of-ways.
2. City parking lots.
3. City parks except as specifically authorized by the City Manager.
4. Any City property that is fenced, posted with signs such as "keep out" or "no trespassing" or otherwise not open to the public.
5. Within five hundred (500) feet of any school or childcare facility.
6. Within twenty-five (25) feet of the public entrance to a business, including the front entrance of a City business.
7. Within twenty-five (25) feet of a public or private driveway.
8. On or within one hundred (100) feet of City property located within any area zoned residential or industrial on the City zoning maps or ordinances in effect at the time.
9. On or within one hundred (100) feet of the City water tanks, wells, water treatment facilities, wastewater treatment facilities, lagoons, and agricultural land used for disposal of treated wastewater.
C. Manner Regulations: An involuntarily homeless person camping on public property may not:
1. Obstruct access to private property or businesses adjacent to the public right-of-way.
2. Start or maintain any fire for the purposes of burning any combustible material in or around the campsite.
3. Use a gas heater in or around a campsite.
4. Erect, install, place, leave, or set up any type of permanent or temporary fixture or structure of any material(s) in or upon public property or public right-of-way. Items such as tents and similar items used for shelter that are readily portable are not structures for the purposes of this section.
5. Dig, excavate, terrace soil, alter the ground or infrastructure, cause environmental damage, or damage vegetation or trees in or around a campsite.
6. Place or store personal belongings, or other objects, in a total area encompassing more than ten square feet outside the tent or readily portable shelter.
7. Accumulate, discard, or leave behind garbage, debris, unsanitary or hazardous materials, sewage, drug paraphernalia, improperly disposed of syringes, or other evidence of conspicuous drug use on such property or any adjacent private property. (Ord. 673-23, 6-20-2023)