Chapter 10.14
PROHIBITION AGAINST CAMPING IN PUBLIC PLACES
Sections:
10.14.020 Camping in Prohibited Public Places.
10.14.010 Definitions.
For the purposes of this chapter, the following words and phrases shall have the meaning set forth in this section:
“Beach” or “beaches” means any public ocean front or bay front beach within the City of Newport Beach, including ocean or bay public piers, public floats, public wharves, or public strands adjoining public ocean front or bay front beach areas.
“Camp” means to erect, maintain, or occupy a camp facility for the purpose of living accommodations.
“Camp facility” or “camp facilities” means the use of, settling, fixing in place, setting up, storing, locating, or leaving behind in a prohibited public place any or a combination of the following: a tent, hut, other temporary physical structure or shelter, cot, bed, or hammock. A camp facility does not include sleeping bags, blankets, pillows, bedrolls, or other similar bedding used while sleeping or shade coverings used in accordance with Section 11.08.020.
“Camping paraphernalia” means personal property used to facilitate occupancy of an area and includes, but is not limited to, personal property typically associated with camping such as tarps, sleeping bags, blankets, pillows, bedrolls, and other similar bedding used while sleeping, camp stoves, cooking equipment, and buckets. Camping paraphernalia does not include a tent, hut, other temporary physical structure or shelter, cot, bed, or hammock.
“Encamp” means to use camping paraphernalia for the purpose of, or in a way that facilitates outdoor sheltering for living accommodation purposes or for remaining outdoors overnight.
“Prohibited public place” means a public park, park facility, beach, the Newport Pier, the Balboa Pier, public parking lots, public passageways, public rights-of-way, publicly owned landscaped areas, public parkways, public medians, public greenbelts, other government-owned properties located within the City of Newport Beach and any cancer treatment center located in a mixed-use horizontal zone.
“Public park” or “park facility” shall have the same meaning as set forth in Section 1.08.120.
“Public rights-of-way” means the area or areas on, below, or above a public roadway, public highway, public street, public sidewalk, public alleyways, or a utility easement in which the City has interest.
“Store” means to put aside or accumulate for use when needed, to put for safekeeping, or to place or leave in a location. (Ord. 2023-22 § 441, 2023; Ord. 2023-11 § 2, 2023)
10.14.020 Camping in Prohibited Public Places.
A. No person shall camp in a prohibited public place.
B. No person shall leave camp facilities in a prohibited public place.
C. No person shall start, build, or use a fire in a prohibited public place for any purpose including, but not limited to, warming or cooking, unless authorized or permitted to do so by formal action of the City Council, the written consent of the City Manager, or the provisions of this Code.
D. No person shall encamp in a prohibited public place, except in places designated for such purposes and with specific permission from the City to do so. Law enforcement officers shall not issue a criminal or administrative citation to enforce a violation of this subsection (D) if there is no available shelter.
E. The City Council may, by resolution, establish one or more specified camping areas. Such camping areas, if any, may be located in prohibited public places, except that such camping areas shall not be located within public parks. (Ord. 2023-11 § 2, 2023)