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Council amends camping ordinance to require 8 days' notice; debate centers on enforcement and services
Summary
Columbus councilors voted 9—1 on Aug. 12 to amend the city's camping ordinance, requiring police to give written or oral notice and a minimum eight-calendar-day period before Public Works may remove unattended personal property from public land.
The Columbus City Council on Aug. 12 approved an amendment to the city's ordinance prohibiting camping on public property, adding an explicit eight-calendar-day notice requirement before the city or Public Works removes unattended personal property.
What the ordinance does: The amendment to paragraph E requires the Columbus Police Department to provide a written or oral notice before enforcing subsection B; the notice must give alleged violators eight calendar days to vacate. Paragraph F was changed so that Public Works must wait a minimum of eight calendar days after notification before removing and transporting personal property to the…
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