Glendale, CA Homelessness & Encampment Rules: Encampment Sanitation (2026)

28, adopted by Ordinance 5140 in 1997 and last amended for its definitions in December 2024 (Ord. 6032), states its purpose as keeping Glendale's public streets and areas readily accessible and available to residents and the public at large. 020 defines 'camp' broadly: sleeping activities, setting up 'camp paraphernalia' such as tarps, cots, bedding, or tents, erecting any structure, lighting a fire outside a designated city facility, or living in a parked trailer, camper shell, motor home, or any vehicle. 030 makes camping or using camp paraphernalia on any public park, street, sidewalk, or other public property unlawful unless the city manager or a designee has issued a permit.

040 separately makes it unlawful to store personal property on the same public property. 050, which the city manager may grant only if the applicant carries city-approved general liability insurance, agrees to no open fires unless the fire department issues a separate fire permit specifying location and conditions, maintains at least one supervising adult per ten minors if minors will be present, limits the activity to three days, bars alcohol, will not unreasonably interfere with public use, health, safety, or welfare, poses no reasonable likelihood of violence, will not create extraordinary city expense, and does not conflict with another reservation of the same site. 040 prohibitions.