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Public comment and commissioners press for ordinance on urban camping; Judiciary Committee to continue discussion
Summary
Residents and commissioners described public-safety and sanitation problems from car camping and urged an ordinance; the committee agreed to continue discussion and held the matter for two weeks for further drafting and review.
Residents and elected officials told the Butte-Silver Bow Judiciary Committee on July 23 that vehicle and trailer camping in neighborhoods and parks has created sanitation, safety and fire-response concerns, and commissioners agreed to continue the conversation and hold drafting of an ordinance for two weeks.
Trudy Healy (Commissioner, District 8) introduced the item as a starting point for discussion and said two neighborhood residents had asked her to raise concerns about people camping in vehicles. James Madison, a resident of 116 West Silver Street,…
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