OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - The City Council has voted down a proposed ordinance aimed at prohibiting homeless encampments on city property.

At the council’s regular meeting on Tuesday afternoon, item No. 62 failed to pass on a vote of 2-5. Councilman Brinker Harding and Councilwoman Aimee Melton voted for it.

The ordinance proposed by Harding this summer originally aimed to outlaw the camps in such a manner that anyone violating the ordinance would face citation or arrest if they refused the opportunity to be taken to a shelter. Last week, Harding updated his proposal for the ordinance to start with a written notice for the person living at the encampment to remove it, then outlining steps for Omaha Police to take the report to the mayor’s office.

Even if the council had passed the ordin

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