By Corey Fischer

Camping In City Parks Clarification

Jul 19, 2017 | 6:21 AM

Vernon council has clarified the rules covering camping in city run parks, such as Polson.

The proposed bylaw would force people camping in a park to take down and pack-up their temporary shelter prior to 9 am the following day.

Camping will only be allowed if local shelters are full.

Mayor Akbal Mund says final approval and enforcement of the bylaw could start in mid August.

” I don’t think it’s going to be overly aggressive. They’ll pack up and they’ll get out. That’s as simple as it will be, right. We’ll see what they do after that. I don’t know.”

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However, it doesn’t mean they have to actually get out of the park after 9 am

“You have to take down your shelter by 9am and cannot have anything that is existing in anything like a campsite. They can take it down, but they can carry it around.”

The city is also banning temporary shelters on sidewalks or boulevards.

by Corey Fischer