ST. PETERSBURG - The City Council passed a series of ordinances Thursday that would outlaw impromptu tent cities from forming along city sidewalks.
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The ordinances, which each passed 6-0, also would prohibit people from sleeping on sidewalks next to residential property and all city rights-of-way if shelter space is available. Council members Rene Flowers and Earnest Williams were not at Thursday's meeting.
The ordinances were a response to the tent cities that have grown in parts of the city since December.
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