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Council debates 'prohibited lodging out of doors' ordinance; staff told to draft six‑month sunset trial
Summary
The Hagerstown City Council instructed staff to draft a "prohibited lodging out of doors" ordinance with a six‑month sunset so the city can evaluate whether the new enforcement tool reduces repeat or combative public encampments.
The Hagerstown City Council spent the longest portion of its work session debating a proposed ordinance, retitled by staff from "anti‑camping" to "prohibited lodging out of doors," that would create a new enforcement tool for people who establish sleeping or sheltering activity on city‑owned outdoor property.
Chief Paul Greifer of the Hagerstown Police Department and Sergeant Ed Plummer described the change in language and the limited scope: "We don't want people to think that camping is the recreational sport... the actual wording of 'prohibited lodging out of doors' kind of explains it," Sergeant Plummer said. Chief Greifer said…
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