SPOKANE, Wash. – Two months after a series of updates to Spokane’s municipal code on obstruction of public property, Mayor Brown is revisiting the code with a proposal to modify public camping law.
A draft of Mayor Brown’s ordinance was presented to Spokane City Council Wednesday afternoon.
In an email to city council, Mayor Brown said her proposal includes a citywide ban on unauthorized camping and obstruction, a focus on navigation and engagement, giving officers discretion to enforce when engagement is declined, and Clarification on enforcement in medians and pedestrian buffer areas…