SPOKANE, Wash. -- Spokane City Council voted to pass a new camping ordinance Monday night to clarify restrictions and increase police officers' ability to enforce the camping ban.

The "Safe and Accessible Spaces" ordinance passed unanimously, solidifying the council's bipartisan effort to work across the political aisle.

The Council said it is the first time in recent memory that all seven City Council members have formally sponsored an ordinance.

The new legislation builds off a previous camping ordinance and extends the law to prohibit camping on or obstructing public property including, stairs, medians, plazas, bridges and transit facilities.

It also gives Spokane Police Department officers more discretion in offering services to willing suspects and/or citing violators. There are a

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