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Wilmington council approves ordinance restricting activity on city property amid protests from homelessness advocates
Summary
After an extended public comment period urging rejection, the Wilmington City Council approved an ordinance adding section 6‑10 to prohibit certain activities on city property in a 4–3 vote on second reading. Speakers and advocates said the measure risks criminalizing people experiencing homelessness; supporters said it fills enforcement gaps.
Wilmington’s City Council voted 4–3 to adopt an ordinance adding section 6‑10 to the city code that prohibits specified activities on city property, after hours of public comment from residents and service providers who urged the council to reject or revise the measure.
The ordinance was presented on second reading; Councilmember Luke Waddell moved for approval. The vote came after a packed public information segment in which at least ten registered speakers criticized the proposal as redundant with existing law and harmful to people without housing. “This is a solution that displaces — the displacement of people as policy,” resident Madison Morrison said, urging the council…
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