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Council shortens camping‑ordinance timeline from 7 to 3 days, then defers the ordinance after heated public testimony
Summary
After a motion to reconsider the previously defeated camping ordinance (Ordinance C36679), the council suspended rules to amend the measure, replaced a 7‑day pass period with 3 days, allowed additional public testimony, and ultimately voted to defer the ordinance to June 30 for further stakeholder work.
The Spokane City Council returned Ordinance C36679 (the city’s proposed unlawful camping/obstruction ordinance) to the table, approved an amendment shortening a required pass period from seven days to three days, allowed new public testimony late in the meeting and then, following extended public comment and council debate, voted to defer further action on the ordinance to June 30.
Council members moved to reconsider C36679 and the motion passed by a recorded voice vote that the clerk summarized as 5‑2. The council then suspended the rules to permit an amendment to section 6 (striking “7 days” and inserting “3 days”), a suspension the council later confirmed had passed. The amended version of the ordinance was read by the clerk with the new three‑day timeline; council members then debated whether to vote that night.
Because much of the public testimony during the…
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