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Council introduces ordinance tightening rules on camping and sleeping in vehicles
Summary
Council introduced Ordinance 2025‑15 to amend Encinitas Municipal Code chapter 9.01, removing the 'at night' exception to private‑property camping prohibitions and changing permitted sleeping‑in‑vehicles hours from 10 p.m. to 8 p.m.; council directed a second reading and adoption at a future meeting.
At a public hearing, staff presented proposed amendments to Encinitas Municipal Code Chapter 9.01 that would clarify definitions and update rules on camping and sleeping in vehicles. The primary edits remove the phrase “at night” from the private‑property camping prohibition so that camping without owner permission is prohibited at all…
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