A. It is unlawful for any person to camp or occupy camp facilities or use camp paraphernalia in any of the following areas within the city, except as otherwise provided herein or mandated by applicable law:
1. Any public property or public or private street or right-of-way, including sidewalks, bus stops and public landscaping;
2. Any public yard, building setback, vacant land, open space or any other area open or accessible to the public, improved or unimproved;
3. Any public or private parking lot;
4. In, on, under, or adjacent to any structure not intended for human occupancy, whether with or without bedding or camp paraphernalia, including, but not limited to, a tent, hammock or other similar protection or equipment; and
5. In, on, under, or adjacent to a parked vehicle on any public property or public or private parking lot, including, but not limited to, an automobile, bus, truck, camper, trailer or recreational vehicle.
B. It is unlawful for any person to urinate or evacuate their bowels on public or private property in an area exposed to public view or on any public street, sidewalk, alley, park or any other public place except in a public restroom.
C. It is unlawful for any person to make or kindle an open fire on public or private property accessible to the public except in an appropriate containment device provided or approved for that purpose by the city fire marshal and building official.
D. It is unlawful for any person on public property, or private property accessible to the public, to remain, stay or loiter between the hours of ten p.m. and six a.m. of the following day without the express permission of the city.
It is not intended by this section to prohibit overnight camping on private residential property by friends or family of the property owner, so long as the owner consents.
(Ord. 424 § 1, 2023)