McKinney | November 2025

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New ordinances regulate vehicle camping, sleeping in downtown

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Ordinance 1: Applies to downtown area only

Does allow

Does not allow

McKinney officials are enacting new ordinances that will limit where people can sit, lie down or sleep in certain parts of downtown and the rest of the city. McKinney City Council members passed two new ordinances during an Oct. 21 meeting more than a month after they were tabled. The first ordinance, which applies to downtown McKinney, makes it unlawful to sleep outdoors, sit in a public street or median, or lie down on a public sidewalk, street, median, parkway or pedestrian right of way. The second ordinance approved by council applies citywide and clarifies that camping is prohibited in any publicly accessible outdoor area that’s not designated for camping.

Key:

Downtown ordinance limits

• Sitting on a chair or bench supplied by the city or private property owner • Exceptions for emergencies and special events

• Sleeping outdoors • Sitting in a public street or median • Lying down in a street, sidewalk or pedestrian right-of-way

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Ordinance 2: Applies citywide

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LOUISIANA ST.

Does allow

Does not allow

• Sleeping in a car in a commercial parking lot at the discretion of the property owner • A property owner camping on their own property

• Sleeping overnight in a public right of way, a city-owned parking lot or a residential lot’s driveway

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