Sec. 114-110. Minimum notice period before an unauthorized camp may be abated.
(a) Seventy-two-hour notice. No unauthorized camp will be abated until a minimum of 72 hours' notice, both verbal and written as required in section 114-109, has been provided to the occupants of a camp.
(b) Exceptions. The 72-hour notice requirement to abate an unauthorized camp does not apply and unauthorized camps may be ordered to immediately move and remove their property in the following situations:
(1) When a camp (or campers) is in a watercourse and there is an imminent threat of flooding due to a flash flood warning, flood warning, or flood watch issued by the National Weather Service.
(2) The unauthorized camp, camper, or camp property blocks a fire exit, an exit route, or a means of egress in violation of Occupational Safety and Health Administration ("OSHA") Standard Number 1910.37(a)(3), and 29 CFR 1910.37, as amended.
(3) When any person, vehicle, vessel, or other thing is ordered to move or be removed from a fire scene by the fire chief or officer of the fire department in charge at the scene of a fire or other emergency involving the protection of life or property, pursuant to International Fire Code section 104.11.
(4) When a camp is on a public sidewalk causing less than 36 inches of free travel.
(5) When a camp is in or along a public right-of-way or on a public sidewalk along a snow emergency route and the weather forecast is for snow that will require the snow emergency route to be plowed.
(6) When hazardous or explosive material is present. (Ord. No. 2022-12, § 7, 3-28-2022)