For the purposes of this chapter:
"Camp facilities"
include, but are not limited to, tents, tarpaulins, huts, temporary shelters, recreational vehicles (when used for sleeping), and automobiles (when used for sleeping).
"Camp paraphernalia"
include, but are not limited to, sleeping bags, cots, beds, hammocks, bedrolls, blankets, sheets, luggage, backpacks, kitchen utensils, cookware, or non-city designated cooking facilities and similar equipment.
"Camp"
means to pitch or occupy camp facilities, to live temporarily in a camp facility or outdoors, to use camp paraphernalia.
"Park"
means any publicly owned or controlled area intended for recreation or open space use, including any facilities thereon.
"Right-of-way"
means any public property, easement or dedication used or intended to be used for public passage including, but not limited to, streets, sidewalks, alleys and parkways.
"Store"
means to put aside or accumulate for use when needed, to put for safekeeping, to place or leave in a location.
(§ 2, Ord. 2755 c.s., eff. January 4, 1996; as amended by § 1, Ord. 3209 c.s., eff. January 1, 2021, and Ord. 3293-25 c.s., eff. June 6, 2025)
It is unlawful for any person to camp, occupy camp facilities or use camp paraphernalia in the following areas in the City:
(a) 
Any park;
(b) 
Any right-of-way;
(c) 
Any public parking lot or public area, improved or unimproved, or any public school property;
(d) 
Any beach.
(§ 2, Ord. 2755 c.s., eff. January 4, 1996; as amended by § 1, Ord. 3209 c.s., eff. January 1, 2021, and Ord. 3293-25 c.s., eff. June 6, 2025)
It is unlawful for any person to store camp paraphernalia or camp facilities in the following areas in the City:
(a) 
Any park;
(b) 
Any right-of-way;
(c) 
Any public parking lot or public area, improved or unimproved, or any public school property;
(d) 
Any beach.
(§ 2, Ord. 2755 c.s., eff. January 4, 1996; as amended by § 1, Ord. 3209 c.s., eff. January 1, 2021, and Ord. 3293-25 c.s., eff. June 6, 2025)
(a) 
The Community Services Director or the Chief of Police may issue a permit to camp, occupy camp facilities or use camp paraphernalia for a period not to exceed 24 hours in the above-referenced prohibited areas if the person(s) requesting the permit has an unusual, emergency need and the granting of such permit will not unduly impact the public health and safety.
(b) 
The City Council may, by resolution, authorize persons to camp, occupy camp facilities or use camp paraphernalia in areas with adequate facilities to support such activities in the City.
(§ 2, Ord. 2755 c.s., eff. January 4, 1996, as amended by § 1, Ord. 3105 c.s., eff. February 8, 2013, and § 1, Ord. 3142 c.s., eff. December 17, 2015; as amended by § 1, Ord. 3209 c.s., eff. January 1, 2021, and Ord. 3293-25 c.s., eff. June 6, 2025)
(a) 
No person shall remain or be present standing, sitting, or lying down in or upon any bus stop site, including, but not limited to, bus shelter depots, shelters, seating, or designated space, except for the purpose of boarding, disembarking, or waiting for a bus.
(b) 
If the people prove beyond a reasonable doubt that a person is standing, sitting, or lying down in or upon any bus stop site twice within a 20 hour period and each instance was more than four hours apart, the trier of fact may, but is not required to, permissibly infer that the person seen at the bus stop remained there or was present there not for the purpose of boarding, disembarking or waiting for a bus.
(§ 1, Ord. 3209 c.s., eff. January 1, 2021, and Ord. 3293-25 c.s., eff. June 6, 2025)