As used in this Chapter, the following terms shall have the following definitions:
“Aspen Court”means a city permitted emergency and transitional housing facility located at 8620 South Hosmer Street.
“Camp”means to pitch, erect, or occupy Camp Facilities, or to use Camp Paraphernalia, or both, for the purpose of, or in such a way as will facilitate, remaining overnight. The term shall not include overnight use of Public Property by the City or the governmental entity that owns or has a property interest in such Public Property.
“Camp paraphernalia”means, without limitation, blankets, pillows, tarpaulins, cots, beds or bedding, sleeping bags, hammocks, non-City designated cooking facilities, and/or other similar equipment.
“City”means the City of Tacoma, Washington, the area within the territorial limits of the City.
"Civil immigration enforcement"shall mean any and all operations or activities, including staging and surveillance, conducted by CBP, ICE or any other federal law enforcement agency or other federal agency, that has as one of its objectives the identification or apprehension of a person or persons in order to investigate them for a violation of the immigration laws and subject them to: (1) civil immigration detention; (2) removal proceedings; or (3) removal from the United States, but shall not mean and include those enforcement operations or activities conducted to effect a criminal arrest or pursuant to authority of a judicial warrant or other lawful court order.
"Criminal arrest"shall mean and refer to an arrest that is for: (1) the sole or primary purpose of preparing the person subject to such arrest for criminal prosecution for an alleged violation of state or federal law that carries a sentence of imprisonment and for which the law requires an initial appearance before a federal judge, federal magistrate or other judicial officer; or (2) for contempt of the court in which a judicial proceeding is taking place or will be taking place.
"Immigration and Customs Enforcement" or "ICE"shall mean the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency including Enforcement and Removal Operations and Homeland Security investigations and shall include any successor federal agency charged with the enforcement of federal immigration laws.
"Judicial warrant"shall mean a warrant issued upon probable cause by a federal or state court judge that orders entry onto or entry of real property or any building or structure located thereon to lawfully search for a person, property or evidence pursuant to the warrant.
"Municipal property"means all real property (including easements) and appurtenances and improvements thereto, including by way of example and not limitation, municipal buildings, utility infrastructure, garages, parking lots, parks, playgrounds, plazas, vacant lots, unimproved rights-of-way, and storage facilities, when owned or controlled by the City of Tacoma, exclusive of improved public rights-of-way used for pedestrian and vehicular travel and real property, appurtenances and improvements thereto, that are subject to an existing lease, real estate contract or concession agreement to which the City is a party or are otherwise under control of a person or entity other than the City.
“Pier”means any pier, wharf, dock, float, gridiron, or other structure where watercraft may anchor or moor.
“Protected waters”means all public property, within 200 feet of mapped Rivers, Waterways, Creeks, Streams, and the Puget Sound Shorelines, including but not limited to the Puyallup River, First Creek, Roosevelt Ditch, T Street Gulch, Clear Creek, Swan Creek, Squally Creek, the Thea Foss Waterway, the Middle Waterway, the St. Paul Waterway, the Blair Waterway, Wapato Creek, the Hylebos Waterway, Hylebos Creek, and the shorelines of Commencement Bay.
“Public property”means all property in which the City or any other governmental entity has a property interest, including easements. The term includes, without limitation, all parks, Piers, Streets, trails, forests, park museums, pools, beaches, open spaces, public squares, public schools and associated athletic facilities, grounds around City or other publicly owned or leased buildings, including, but not limited to, parking lots, and any other property in which the City or any other governmental entity has a property interest of any type.
"Staging"shall mean use of municipal property for logistical coordination or as an operations base, or to otherwise assemble, mobilize, process persons, or to deploy personnel, vehicles, equipment, or materials.
“Store”means to put aside, accumulate, or leave on Public Property for later use, or for safekeeping.
“Street”means, without limitation, any easements, highway, lane, road, street, right-of-way, boulevard, alley, and all Public Property open as a matter of right to public vehicle travel or parking.
(Ord. 28831 Ex. A, 2022-10-11; Ord. 29064 Ex. A, 2025-10-21; Ord. 29105, 2026-05-12)