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Tempe City Library - Imaginary laws

Imaginary laws to run the homeless out of town

Tempe City Library - Imaginary laws Imaginary laws to run the homeless out of town https://www.facebook.com/aname.abetter/posts/819422708218755?pnref=story In the Tempe City Library and in the Tempe Transit Center they have signs like this which cite imaginary laws, which are designed to allow the government bureaucrats at the Tempe City Library and Tempe Transit Center to run homeless people out of town.

Tempe City Library - Imaginary laws - In the Tempe City Library and in the Tempe Transit Center they have signs like this which cite imaginary laws, which are designed to allow the government bureaucrats at the Tempe City Library and Tempe Transit Center to run homeless people out of town - Imaginary laws that the city of Tempe uses to run homeless people out of town with - tempe_library_imaginary_laws.html

The signs say it is illegal for [homeless people] to bathe, brush their teeth, groom, shave or do other things.

The law looks real, and cites a real Tempe law.

The only problem is the law is imaginary and doesn't apply to either the Tempe Library or the Tempe Transit Center. The law which is cited makes it illegal to do all these things in the lakes and canals in the Tempe City Parks.

No such law exists which makes it illegal to do these things in any public restroom in the Tempe Transit Center or Tempe Public Library.

This is what the sign says, for the search engines of course.

The Following are not permitted in this facility
Bathing
Brushing Teeth
Washing Clothes
Grooming and Shaving
Unsanitary Activities
Any person that violates this ordinance will no longer be allowed in the facility
Tempe City Code Chapter 23 Section 23-40

Now if you go to the Tempe City Code the law is in the Parks and Recreation section of the code. Not the Tempe Library section, or Tempe Transit section.

This is what the law says:

https://library.municode.com/az/tempe/codes/city_code?nodeId=CH23PARE
Sec. 23-40. - Prohibited activities.
(a) The following activities are prohibited in all city parks, unless otherwise posted:
SNIP
(5) No person shall use any water source at any city park or city-owned property for swimming or bathing, animal swimming or bathing, washing clothes, cleaning fish or other unsanitary activities, except at places designated for such activities;

Just to make sure that the Tempe Public Library and the Tempe Transit Center are not "parks" here is a list of the Tempe City Parks and neither the Tempe Library nor the Tempe Transit Center is on the list of these parks.

http://www.tempe.gov/city-hall/community-services/parks/athletic-recreational-facilities/-selcat-209

6th Street Park
   24 E. 6th Street
    Tempe, AZ 85281
   (480) 350-5200
Alegre Park
   1940 E. Don Carlos Avenue
    Tempe, AZ 85281
   (480) 350-5200
Arredondo Park
   Dorsey Ln. and Carson Dr.
    Tempe, AZ 85282
   (480) 350-5200
Birchett Park
   1295 S. Mill Ave.
    Tempe, AZ 85281
   (480) 350-5200
Boat Beach
   600 N Mill Ave
    Tempe, AZ 85281
   (480) 350-4311
Campbell Park
   9895 S. Beck Avenue
    Tempe, AZ 85284
   (480) 350-5200
Celaya Park
   Roosevelt St. and Vaughn St.
    Tempe, AZ 85283
   (480) 350-5200
Cole Park
   Country Club Way and Carson St.
    Tempe, AZ 85282
   (480) 350-5200
Corbell Park
   Lakeshore Dr. and Chilton Dr.
    Tempe, AZ 85283
   (480) 350-5200
Creamery Park
   8th St & Una
    Tempe, AZ 85281
   (480) 350-5200
Daley Park
   Encanto Dr. and College Ave
    Tempe, AZ 85281
   (480) 350-5200
Daumler Park
   Evergreen Dr. and Balboa Dr.
    Tempe, AZ 85282
   (480) 350-5200
Dwight Park
   Roosevelt St. and Manhatton Dr.
    Tempe, AZ 85282
   (480) 350-5200
Ehrhardt Park
   Evergreen Dr. and Riviera Dr.
    Tempe, AZ 85282
   (480) 350-5200
Escalante Park
   River Rd. and Orange St.
    Tempe, AZ 85281
   (480) 350-5200
Esquer Park
   McArthur Dr. and Lebanon Ln.
    Tempe, AZ 85281
   (480) 350-5200
Estrada Park
   McClintock Dr. and Palomino Dr.
    Tempe, AZ 85284
   (480) 350-5200
Evelyn Hallman Park
   McKellips Rd. and College Ave.
    Tempe, AZ 85281
   (480) 350-5200
Evelyn Hallman Pond
   McKellips & Collge Ave
    Tempe, AZ 85281
   (480) 350-5200
Gaicki Park
   Cornell Dr. and McClintock Dr.
    Tempe, AZ 85283
   (480) 350-5200
Goodwin Park
   Taylor Dr. and Caroline Ln.
    Tempe, AZ 85284
   (480) 350-5200
Hanger Park
   Rural Rd. and Knox Rd.
    Tempe, AZ 85284
   (480) 350-5200
Harelson Park
   9325 S. Warner Ranch Dr. at Myrna Ln.
    Tempe, AZ 85284
   (480) 350-5200
Hayden Butte Preserve
   Mill Ave. and 5th St.
    Tempe, AZ 85281
   (480) 350-5200
Hollis Park
   Dorsey Ln. and Malibu Dr.
    Tempe, AZ 85282
   (480) 350-5200
Hudson Park
   Cedar St. and Spence Ave.
    Tempe, AZ 85281
   (480) 350-5200
Indian Bend Park
   Miller Rd. and Marigold Ln.
    Tempe, AZ 85281
   (480) 350-5200
Jaycee Park
   5th St. and Hardy Dr.
    Tempe, AZ 85281
   (480) 350-5200
Joyce Park
   Hermosa Dr. and Laguna Dr.
    Tempe, AZ 85282
   (480) 350-5200
Kiwanis Park
   Mill Ave. and All America Way
    Tempe, AZ 85283
   (480) 350-5200
Lo Piano Mesquite Bosque
   north side of Loop 202 between College and Mill Avenue
    Tempe , AZ 85281
   (480) 350-4311
Loma del Rio Ruins
   715 N. Mill Avenue
    Tempe, AZ 85281
   (480) 350-4311
Meyer Park
   Dorsey Ln. and Alameda Dr.
    Tempe, AZ 85282
   (480) 350-5200
Mitchell Park
   Mitchell Dr. & 9th St.
    Tempe, AZ 85281
   (480) 350-5200
Moeur Park
   Mill Ave. and Curry Rd.
    Tempe, AZ 85281
   (480) 350-5200
Neil G. Giuliano Park
   80 E. Rio Salado Parkway
    Tempe, AZ 85281
   (480) 350-5200
Optimist Park
   Cornell Dr. and Kenwood Ln.
    Tempe, AZ 85283
   (480) 350-5200
Palmer Park
   College Ave. and Carson Dr.
    Tempe, AZ 85282
   (480) 350-5200
Papago Park
   1000 N College Ave.
    Tempe, AZ 85281
   (480) 350-5200
Peterson Park
   Southern Ave. and Priest Dr.
    Tempe, AZ 85282
   (480) 350-5100
Redden Park
   Redfield Dr. and Lakeshore Dr.
    Tempe, AZ 85283
   (480) 350-5200
Rotary Park
   County Club Way and Hermosa Dr.
    Tempe, AZ 85282
   (480) 350-5200
Scudder Park
   Lakeshore Dr. and Watson Dr.
    Tempe, AZ 85283
   (480) 350-5200
Selleh Park
   Los Feliz Dr. and Aspen Dr.
    Tempe, AZ 85282
   (480) 350-5200
Stroud Park
   Taylor Dr. and Redfield Dr.
    Tempe, AZ 85283
   (480) 350-5200
Svob Park
   Vineyard Rd. and Park Dr.
    Tempe, AZ 85282
   (480) 350-5200
Tempe Beach Park
   Mill Ave. and Rio Salado Pkwy.
    Tempe, AZ 85281
   (480) 350-5200
Tempe Town Lake
   Mill Avenue and Rio Salado Parkway
    Tempe, AZ 85280
   (480) 350-4311
Tempe Women's Club Park
   College Ave. and Weber Dr.
    Tempe, AZ 85281
   (480) 350-5200
Town Lake Marina
   550 E. Tempe Town Lake
    Tempe, AZ 85281
   (480) 350-4311
Victory Park
   Evergreen Dr. and McArthur Dr.
    Tempe, AZ 85281
   (480) 350-5200
Waggoner Park
   Lakeshore Dr. and Carver Rd.
    Tempe, AZ 85284
   (480) 350-5200

And just to make sure that the Tempe Public Library and Tempe Transit Center are not on the Park Tempe City Park map we too snapshot of the Tempe Park map of where the library and transit center are, and there are no parks on the Tempe Park Map at those locations.

http://www.tempe.gov/city-hall/community-services/parks/city-park-map

Tempe City Library - Imaginary laws - Neither the Tempe Public Library nor the Tempe Transit Center shows up on the Tempe map of parks - tempe_library_imaginary_laws.html

http://www.tempe.gov/city-hall/community-services/parks/city-park-map

Here is another list of Tempe Parks as of December 4, 2017 and neither the Tempe Library nor Tempe Transit Center is on the list of Tempe Parks.

This list was taken from the Winter 2018 free Tempe govenrment magazine

Tempe Opportunities

It was on the rear cover of the magazine.

Tempe City Library - Imaginary laws - Neither the Tempe Public Library nor the Tempe Transit Center shows up on the Tempe map of parks - tempe_library_imaginary_laws.html

Here is another blurb I did on how the City of Phoenix Arizona uses an imaginary law that says "no shopping carts" are allowed in Phoenix Parks to run homeless people out of Phoenix Parks.