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Wylie council adds camping and median rules; emphasizes outreach to unhoused residents
Summary
Council approved a new ordinance banning camping in undesignated public places and adding a prohibition on standing on narrow medians while also adding exceptions and outreach steps for people who may need assistance.
The Wylie City Council voted 6-0 on March 25 to add a new ordinance prohibiting camping in public places not designated as campsites and to forbid standing, sitting or loitering on roadway medians less than 8 feet wide, with enumerated exceptions and an emphasis on connecting people to services.
City attorney/assistant Miss Allen summarized the ordinance as defining "camping" (storing personal belongings, using tents or vehicles as living accommodations, making fires, cooking, digging) and…
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