COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KKTV) – On Tuesday, Colorado Springs city council passed an amendment to camping laws to make it illegal to camp in a vehicle.
This prohibits camping in one spot in a vehicle for more than 24 hours, according to the language of the amendment. This expands already existing authority police have in their homeless outreach operations.
The key changes are:
- Camping in one spot for more than 24 hours is prohibited
- Police must first issue a verbal warning to let the camper know that vehicle camping is illegal
- Police can issue a citation, but only after 24 hours of issuing that verbal warning.
“This is just a basic practice that a municipality should have in place,” Councilmember David Lienweber said…