first reading<\/a>, city council narrowly passed the second ordinance in a 4-3 vote.<\/p>\nViolators could face up to 30 days in jail and a $10 fine for \u201claying down or residing on public property,\u201d or using a location as a living space.<\/p>\n
The law would also ban storing belongings; preparing food; setting up bedding or tents and using a structure or car as a shelter.<\/p>\n
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A protestor stands with a sign reading \u201cHOMELESS VETS ARE NOT CRIMINALS\u201d before Greenville City Council met to pass the second reading of an anti-camping ordinance in Greenville.<\/p>\n
The law would not apply to city-permitted events, anyone under 18, people experiencing medical emergencies and grassy park areas.<\/p>\n
A nonprofit, Greenville Together, collaborated with city leaders to redefine parts of the ordinance.<\/p>\n
\u201cA homeless resource center doesn\u2019t currently exist in Greenville and it\u2019s something that Greenville Together has identified. That is a gap and a need in our community, and we\u2019re committed to working alongside the city to provide funding to provide space, to make that a reality,\u201d nonprofit director Cody Carver told 7NEWS.<\/p>\n
Carver added that the ordinance\u2019s new rules will emphasize connecting those in need with resources before imposing fines.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf we\u2019re going to ask folks that they cannot be lying down or sleeping on public property, then we need an alternative and somewhere for them to go.\u201d<\/p>\n
The ordinance will take effect 30 days after being certified by City Manager Shannon Lavrin.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Isabel Martin and RipLey Simone 5 hours ago GREENVILLE, S.C. (WSPA) \u2014 Greenville City Council passed a second…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":43932,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[128,130,129],"class_list":["post-43931","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-reading","tag-reading-city","tag-reading-city-headlines","tag-reading-city-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43931","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=43931"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43931\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/43932"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43931"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=43931"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=43931"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}