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City manager outlines limits of local authority on overnight camping; neighbors and residents criticize use of city parcel
Summary
City manager told the council the city must follow state law when regulating where people may sit, sleep or camp in public; residents criticized a recent use of a city-owned parcel for overnight camping and called for better notice, services and alternatives.
The city manager briefed the Independence City Council on the city's obligations and constraints for regulating public camping, saying the municipality must follow state law and that prior council direction narrowed available options while seeking to protect parks and sidewalks.
"We, as every other city in the state of Oregon, we have to comply with the state law," the city manager said in a summary of a prior work session. She described a subsequent ordinance the council enacted after a work session…
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