Sleeping on public property, in city parks, on local bridges or in a parked vehicle in the City of Gardner could now cost people fines or jail time.
The City of Gardner is the first Johnson County municipality to directly target unhoused individuals with an “unsafe” camping ordinance.
By a 5-1 vote, city council members approved the revision to the city’s Uniform Public Code at their Monday, Feb. 16, meeting. Council member Kelly Johnson was the dissenting vote…