10/25/23

THERE ARE CERTAIN PLACES AND TIMES WHERE THE HOMELESS CAN CAMP, AND CERTAIN PLACES AND TIMES WHERE THEY CAN’T. THE PRESCOTT CITY COUNCIL TUESDAY APPROVED CHANGES TO AN ORDINANCE REGARDING CAMPING IN PUBLIC PLACES. 

THE NEW ORDINANCE STATES NO CAMPING MAY TAKE PLACE ON PUBLIC PROPERTY BETWEEN 8 A.M. AND 8 P.M. CAMPSITES MUST ALSO BE DISMANTLED AND ALL TRASH REMOVED. NO CAMPING CAN TAKE PLACE AT ANYTIME IN THE PRESCOTT ENTERTAINMENT DISTRICT, ON PUBLIC RIGHTS OF WAY, AND WITHIN 500 FEET OF A SCHOOL. 

CITY COUNCILMAN CLARK TENNY AND CITY ATTORNEY JOSEPH YOUNG HAD THIS EXCHANGE: