Aurora tightens city’s urban camping ban by eliminating warning period before disbandment

Law enforcement officals in Aurora will no longer have to provide 72-hour notice to people camping illegally in the city before disassembling and clearing encampments, following a change Aurora’s elected leaders made to the city’s camping ban Monday night.

The council voted 6-3 to pass an ordinance that the measure’s proponents say will tighten Aurora’s 2-year-old urban camping ban so that people without a roof over their head can’t so quickly pitch a tent again in the city.

Aurora will target encampments — initially with plenty of no-camping and no-trespassing signs — in the Interstate 225 corridor. The ordinance allows the city to expand enforcement to other parts of the city, if needed. Violations of the updated camping ordinance could result in sanctions ranging from a warning, a ticket or even arrest, depending on whether police find another crime being committed.

The 2023 Point-in-Time survey from the Metro Denver Homelessness Initiative counted 572 people without shelter in Aurora. The organization yet released numbers from the 2024 count.

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