City of Colorado Springs - File #: 18-0453

• File #: 18-0453
• Version: 2
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Mayor's Office
• File created: 8/31/2018
• In control: City Council
• On agenda: 10/9/2018
• Final action: 10/9/2018
• Title: Ordinance No. 18-99 amending Section 111 (Camping Within Public Stream/Public Stream Riparian Zone Prohibited) of Part 1 (General Offenses) of Article 6 (Offenses Affecting Property) of Chapter 9 (Public Offenses) of the Code of the City of Colorado Springs 2001, as amended, pertaining to camping within public stream riparian zones, and providing penalties for the violation thereof Presenter: Marc Smith, Corporate Division Chief, Office of the City Attorney David Geislinger, City Councilmember

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
10/9/2018	1	City Council	finally passed	Pass
9/25/2018	1	City Council	approved on first reading	Pass
9/10/2018	1	Council Work Session	referred

Title
Ordinance No. 18-99 amending Section 111 (Camping Within Public Stream/Public Stream Riparian Zone Prohibited) of Part 1 (General Offenses) of Article 6 (Offenses Affecting Property) of Chapter 9 (Public Offenses) of the Code of the City of Colorado Springs 2001, as amended, pertaining to camping within public stream riparian zones, and providing penalties for the violation thereof

Presenter:
Marc Smith, Corporate Division Chief, Office of the City Attorney
David Geislinger, City Councilmember

Body
Summary:
On July 10, 2018, the City Council adopted an ordinance prohibiting camping in a public stream or public stream riparian area of the City. This ordinance was in response to a significant concern regarding: 1). the potential for sudden flooding threatening the safety of individuals; and 2). observations of City staff and information provided by the United States Geological Survey and the Colorado Department of Health and the Environment's Water Quality Control Commission regarding potential impacts to water quality. During the adoption process, several Councilmembers requested that staff draft additional regulations to increase penalties for other forms of conduct for non-campers. The proposed ordinance makes it "unlawful for any person to knowingly or recklessly deposit, place, or permit to be deposited or placed any waste within any public stream and/or public stream riparian zone."

Previous Council Action:
City Council adopted ? 9.6.111 on July 10, 2018, prohibiting camping in public streams and/or public stream riparian areas of the City.

Background:
Throughout 2017 and 2018, as in past years, the City of Colorado Springs has experienced a proliferation of injurious activities within public streams and riparian zones abutting and adjacent to public streams throughout the City. In response, on July 10, 2018 the City Council adopted an ordinance prohibiting unauthorized camping within the defined public stream riparian zone and pr...