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Orting council sends safe-parking proposal back to committee after split over scope and standards
Summary
Council members debated whether safe parking in Orting should be limited to churches, include nonprofits, or be capped in number; council voted to return the item to the Community & Government Affairs committee for revision.
The Orting City Council on Feb. 19 debated a proposed safe-parking ordinance that would allow people living in vehicles a supervised place to sleep. After more than an hour of discussion over who could host programs and which protections should be required, council members voted to send the proposal back to the Community & Government Affairs (CGA) committee for further work.
Councilmember Gunther, speaking in favor of including nonprofit operators, said the planning commission’s recommendation to allow only churches “is not in the best interest of our community” because no local churches had volunteered and some vulnerable residents — including elderly people sleeping in cars and 60 students identified as unhoused in the school district — would have no…
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