Parker planning commission recommends uniform code for camping in floodplain

The Parker Planning Commission voted 6-0 May 8 to recommend that the Town Council approve an ordinance amending the Parker Municipal Code to align how the town treats camping in sensitive lands, including the floodplain, town staff said.

The change would revise Title 13, Section 13.08040 (sensitive lands avoidance) so that abatement procedures refer back to the town’s existing Title 8 camping prohibition and to a separate council policy on how recovered personal property is handled. The measure keeps a 72-hour notice requirement before routine abatement and requires the police department to store recovered property for 30 days, but it adds an explicit exception allowing immediate abatement in emergent situations such as imminent flash floods or fires, staff said.

Staff member Kelsey, presenting the item to the commission, said, “What we are trying…