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Hagerstown council approves ordinance banning sleeping or lodging outdoors, extends ban to vehicles
Summary
The Hagerstown mayor and council voted in special session Feb. 3 to approve an amendment to City Code chapter 173-32 making it unlawful to sleep or lodge outdoors in any public space inside city limits, including in vehicles; enforcement will be by the Hagerstown Police Department. Council discussion centered on removing a sunset clause and how future reconsideration would work.
The Hagerstown mayor and city council on Feb. 3 approved an ordinance amending City Code chapter 173-32 to make it unlawful for any person to sleep or lodge outdoors in public spaces inside city limits, including in vehicles parked on public property.
An on-the-record mover introduced the ordinance, saying, "I hereby move to approve the ordinance to amend the city code by amending chapter 173-32 prohibited lodging outdoors, which makes it…
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