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Council adopts new towing rule, restores enforceable ban on sleeping in vehicles; public calls for shelter options
Summary
Council approved changes to the city's vehicle-removal and vehicle-sleeping rules, shortening the minimum movement to 150 feet in 72 hours (from staff's 300-foot proposal) and deleting a code exception tied to shelter bed availability following the U.S. Supreme Court ruling. Public commenters urged the city to expand safe-parking and sheltering.
The city attorney presented two related municipal code changes at the Oct. 21 meeting: (1) a clarification to the 72-hour street-parking rule to prevent vehicles from avoiding removal by moving only a few inches every three days, and (2) deletion of a now-invalid exception to the city's prohibition on using a vehicle for residential purposes.
Staff explained the first ordinance would add a minimum-displacement requirement so a vehicle would need to move a defined distance every 72 hours to avoid tow removal; an odometer-based alternative (change of 0.1 mile) would also be available for enforcement. Staff…
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