9.06.050 Unlawful daytime camping and outside habitation.

(1)    Daytime Camping and Outside Habitation Prohibited. Except as otherwise provided within this chapter, during the hours of 6:30 a.m. to 9:30 p.m., it shall be unlawful for any person to camp, occupy campsite and outside habitation facilities for purposes of habitation, or use camp and outside habitation paraphernalia in the following areas:

(a)    Any county road, street, sidewalk, or right-of-way; or

(b)    Any entrance to or exit from any county-owned building or parking lot; or

(c)    Any county-owned or maintained building, parking lot or other county-owned or maintained area, improved or unimproved.

(2)    Violation of subsection (1) of this section is a misdemeanor.

(3)    Unless otherwise subject to custodial arrest under RCW 10.31.100, persons subject to enforcement under subsection (1) of this section shall be cited, instructed to appear at community court and released rather than being booked into jail. (Sec. 6 of Ord. 2023-11-02)