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9.55.040 Unlawful storage of personal property in public places. A. It is unlawful for any person to store personal property, including camp facilities and camp paraphernalia, in the following county-owned and/or county-maintained areas, except as otherwise provided by the Kittitas County Code: 1. Any county road or right-of-way; 2. Any trail, park, or park facility; 3. Any county-owned parking lot or county-owned area, whether improved or unimproved; or 4. Any other county-owned or county-maintained property. B. This section shall not apply to vehicles, including trailers, recreational vehicles, and campers, which are legally parked in rights-of-way, unless otherwise prohibited by law. 9.55.050 Removal of unauthorized encampments and individual camps. A. Whether or not something is or is not a “camp,” “unauthorized encampment,” “abandoned,” or anything else defined herein, is the determination of law enforcement or the county designated personnel who merely needs to determine that the thing is readily identifiable as such without said inquiry or determination creating a danger or threat of safety to law enforcement or the designated county personnel. B. The personal property, camping paraphernalia, camp facilities, and all other property, contraband, litter, and/or solid waste located at an unauthorized encampment may be removed subject to the following provisions: 1. Upon a determination by law enforcement or designated county personnel that an area constitutes an unauthorized encampment or that an individual is engaged in unlawful camping or storage of personal property in public places. 2. Property which presents an immediate and substantial risk of harm. If the unauthorized encampment, unlawful camping, or unlawful storage of personal property results in an immediate and significant risk of harm to any person or impedes pedestrian or vehicular traffic, then police, city staff and/or its contracted agent may immediately remove any