If people have to sleep outside, and they have a tent, they’ll have to set it up at least 500 feet from parks, libraries, schools, daycares, and senior centers.
BURIEN, Wash. — On Monday night, the Burien City Council approved an amendment that will make the city’s public camping ban stricter. The amendment, approved by a 5-2 vote, creates a 500-foot buffer zone around parks, libraries, schools, daycares, and senior centers; the unhoused can no longer sleep overnight in those buffer zones.
Opponents of the amendment said the prohibited camping areas cover wide swaths of public property, further shrinking where those experiencing homelessness can sleep at
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