The Kent City Council voting 6-0 Monday night to enact new rules banning public camping at any location outside of an officially designated camping area.
“They have set fires dangerously close to our homes,” said resident Kelly Wiggins Crawford, who has owned a condo for 20 years along the trail.“Neighbors have had the homeless wander into their homes, high and confused. They have dropped used needles where our neighbor’s six-year-old daughter picked one up,” she testified.TJ Peterson testified there was a time when he also lived in an encampment and said he met many people who did not fit the stereotype of dangerous drug addicts.
2. Adding a provision that when there is no available shelter, the ability to arrest has been suspended – but if ordered by police to remove camps, residents immediately must do so.4. Penalties: Fines will not be imposed as penalties, and the city will not object to deferred prosecution or deferred sentencing options if an individual qualifies. The city will not object to a request to vacate a conviction record if a person requests it.
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