Ordinance 16-08 Amending HCC 19.08.030, Parking or Camping Prohibited-Enforcement for Winter Camping

CITY OF HOMER

HOMER, ALASKA

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ORDINANCE 16-08

AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF HOMER, ALASKA, AMENDING HOMER CITY CODE 19.08.030, PARKING OR CAMPING PROHIBITED-ENFORCEMENT, REGARDING  WINTER CAMPING.

               THE CITY OF HOMER ORDAINS:

               Section 1. Homer City Code 19.08.030, Parking or Camping Prohibited-Enforcement, is amended to read as follows:

19.08.030, Parking or Camping Prohibited-Enforcement.

a. No person shall park any motor vehicle or camper or otherwise camp on any City-owned or City-controlled property where any official sign prohibits parking or camping.

b. Camping, as defined in HCC 19.08.020, is prohibited in areas other than those so designated by the City, except where campers camping on private property have written permission to do so from the property owner.

c. Persons who refuse to remove themselves and their personal property from unregulated camping areas upon request by an authorized representative of the City shall be removed, together with their personal property, from the areas using such force as may be necessary under the circumstances.

d. Camping in a closed campground is prohibited. All City campgrounds shall be closed outside of the camping season. Except winter camping may be allowed in a City owned campground on the Homer Spit as designated by the City Manager. All normal camping fees and rules will apply to winter camping areas.

               Section 2. This Ordinance is of a permanent and general character and shall be included in the City Code.

ENACTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF HOMER, ALASKA, this 29th day of March, 2016.

CITY OF HOMER

                                                                                                         _______________________

                                                                                                         MARY E. WYTHE, MAYOR
 

ATTEST:

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JO JOHNSON, MMC, CITY CLERK

AYES:

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ABSTAIN:

ABSENT:

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Reviewed and approved as to form:

Mary K. Koester, City Manager                                                          Thomas F. Klinkner, City Attorney

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