San Bernardino Municipal Code Ch. 12.98 Camping on Public Streets and Parks

The public streets and areas within the city should be readily accessible and available to residents and the public at large. The use of these areas for camping purposes or storage of personal property interferes with the rights of others to use the areas for the purposes for which they were intended. The purpose of this chapter is to maintain public streets and areas within the city in a clean and accessible condition.

(Ord. MC-945, passed 6-20-1995)

For the purpose of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.

CAMP. To pitch or occupy camp facilities; to live temporarily in a camp facility or outdoors; to use camp paraphernalia.

CAMP FACILITIES. Include, but are not limited to, tents, huts or temporary shelters.

CAMP PARAPHERNALIA. Includes, but is not limited to, tarpaulins, cots, beds, sleeping bags, hammocks or non-city-designated cooking facilities and similar equipment.

PARK. Means the same as defined in § 12.80.020.

STORE. To put aside or accumulate for use when needed, to put aside for safekeeping, to place or leave in a location.

STREET. A way or place of whatever nature, publicly maintained and open to the use of the public for purposes of vehicular and/or pedestrian travel. STREET includes highways.

(Ord. MC-945, passed 6-20-1995)

It shall be unlawful for any person to camp, occupy camp facilities or use camp paraphernalia in the following areas, except as otherwise provided:

(A) Any street;

(B) Any public parking lot or public area, improved or unimproved; and

(C) Any park.

(Ord. MC-945, passed 6-20-1995)

It shall be unlawful for any person to store personal property, including camp facilities and camp paraphernalia, in the following areas, except as otherwise provided:

(A) Any street;

(B) Any public parking lot or public area, improved or unimproved; and

(C) Any park.

(Ord. MC-945, passed 6-20-1995)