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Kings County board introduces ordinance targeting unlawful camping, adopts abatement policy
Summary
The Kings County Board of Supervisors introduced and waived first reading of a new ordinance prohibiting unlawful camping and approved an abatement policy that sets procedures, property-retention rules and referral pathways to social services.
Kings County supervisors on Tuesday introduced and waived the first reading of an ordinance to add Article 12 to Chapter 14 of the Kings County Code, creating new prohibitions and an abatement process for unlawful camping and obstruction of public rights of way. The board also approved the companion Unlawful Camping Abatement Policy, which lays out priority response levels, property-management rules and referral options to services.
The ordinance, presented by Alex C. Walker, administrative analyst for Kings County administration, was framed as a public-health and public-safety measure. Walker said the county drafted the ordinance in light of the U.S. Supreme Court decision in City of Grants Pass v. Johnson and subsequent state direction: "The proposed draft maximizes…
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