Tigard has approved an ordinance guiding where homeless individuals can camp, the times they are permitted to set up tents, and restrictions surrounding how they camp.
On Tuesday, May 23, the Tigard City Council approved its so-called “time, place and manner” ordinance, in response to a new state law requiring cities and counties to provide “reasonably objective” places and times where those without homes can bed down for the night.
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