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Council declines to relax shelter requirement before clearing encampments; proposed change fails 3–5
Summary
A proposed amendment to remove the requirement that staff confirm shelter availability before issuing citations for unauthorized camping failed after extensive public comment about homelessness, shelter capacity and public safety.
The Loveland City Council considered and then rejected a proposed change to municipal code chapters 7.39 and 9.47 that would have removed the current requirement to confirm the availability of alternate shelter before issuing a citation or initiating abatement of an unauthorized encampment.
City Attorney Vince Jungless presented the draft as an update reflecting the U.S. Supreme Court’s Grants Pass decision, which said the Eighth Amendment does not require the availability of alternate shelter before prosecuting unauthorized camping. Jungless told council staff had modeled…
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