AUSTIN POLICE

DEPARTMENT
TRAINING BULLETIN
Date: October 25, 2019
Revised: October 28, 2019

COA: Camping Ordinance

Quick Reference Guide

Quick Reference Guide

What CAN be enforced without consulting the “Camping Ordinance Exemption List”
Offense
Camping on a sidewalk
Camping + Endangering self or
others
Camping + Blocking public area
Camping in a high wildfire risk area
What CAN be enforced, provided an individual is not on the “Camping Ordinance Exemption List”
Offense
Camping, sitting, or lying + Area
around the ARCH and Salvation
Army
Camping, sitting, or lying + w/in 15
feet of a door jamb of a residence
or business during operating hours
(citywide)
What CAN’T be enforced right now, pending future action by the COA/City Manager
Offense
Camping, sitting, or lying + Area
w/in .25 mile of a homeless shelter
outside of the Central Business
District
Ordinance No. Notes
Subsection (D) stipulates that
camping on a sidewalk anywhere
in the city is per se “materially
9-4-11 (B)(1) + (D)
endangering” or “unreasonably
inconvenient or hazardous” for
passage
Numerous examples of
9-4-11 (B)(1)(a) “endangering” are outlined in the
Training Bulletin
Numerous examples of “blocking”
9-4-11 (B)(1)(b)
are outlined in the Training Bulletin
Maps are available via City Phones
9-4-11 (B)(3) at the following link:
https://arcg.is/1my1Gf
Ordinance No. Notes
These provisions of the ordinance
9-4-11 (B)(2)(a) can now be enforced, provided the
individual alleged to be in violation
is not on the “Camping Ordinance
Exemption List”, which can be
9-4-11 (B)(2)(c)
accessed via SharePoint or
Communications
Ordinance No. Notes
There are no .25 mile restrictions
at this point, as only the ARCH has
9-4-11 (B)(2)(b)
been designated as a “homeless
shelter”

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