In August, the Mayor and Commission voted down an ordinance that would have prohibited camping in public areas and prevented obstruction of foot traffic on streets and sidewalks. This Tuesday, the Commission voted to pass a slightly different ordinance. This one will only prohibit laying or camping in commercial corridors—in other words, outside of businesses. Thanks to a last-minute amendment, the new right-of-way ordinance won’t go into effect until January 6th. Enforcement efforts will focus on downtown.
Mayor Kelly Girtz sat down with WUGA’s Havivah Saltz to discuss the new ordinance.
