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Allen City Council adopts ordinances on camping, residency, daycare exemptions, zoning and signage; several contracts approved
Summary
Council approved a bundle of ordinances and contracts: a public‑camping ordinance with a 48‑hour warning, expanded sex‑offender residency buffers to 2,000 feet and a Halloween restriction, standards of care for city youth camps (daycare exemption), PD zoning updates including a digital sign allowance, and multiple procurement items on the consent agenda.
The Allen City Council voted to adopt several ordinances and approve routine contracts at its December meeting, including new rules on public camping and sleeping, tighter limits on sex‑offender residency, annual standards of care for city‑run youth camps, and multiple land‑development amendments.
Public camping and sleeping: Chief Steve Dye presented Ordinance No. 4192‑12‑25, a new code article defining public places (streets, parking lots, alleys, breezeways, courtyards of schools and businesses, transit facilities and city properties) and establishing enforcement steps. Under the proposal officers must issue a warning before taking enforcement action; that warning is valid for 48 hours citywide. Dye said officers will continue a “benevolent approach” and that the Crisis Intervention Unit will offer services such as food, clothing and medical referrals to unsheltered individuals. The council adopted the ordinance after a motion and second.
Sex‑offender residency: The council adopted Ordinance No. 4193‑12‑25, which raises the distance for…
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