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AGENDA STAFF REPORT
AGENDA DATE: October 18, 2022
ACTION REQUESTED: Request to Set a Public Hearing on November 1, 2022, at
2:00 pm to Consider Amending Kittitas County Code Title
9 to Create a New Chapter Entitled “9.55 Regulating Public
Camping”
BACKGROUND: Kittitas County Homelessness and Affordable Housing
Committee is recommending a new chapter of Kittitas
County Code to regulate camping in public areas. This is in
line with an ordinance the City of Ellensburg prepared.
INTERACTION: Kittitas County Homelessness and Affordable Housing
Committee met on October 6, 2022 and moved to support
the proposed ordinance. The Prosecutor’s Office created
the draft ordinance, SR#54544.
RECOMMENDATION: Set a Public Hearing for November 1, 2022 at 2:00 pm to
consider amending Kittitas County Code Title 9 to Create a
New Chapter Entitled “9.55 Regulating Public Camping”
HANDLING: Publish Public Notice
ATTACHMENTS: Draft Ordinance
Draft Public Notice of Hearing
LEAD STAFF: Emily Smith, Clerk Homelessness and Affordable Housing
Committee