Last week the city shut down a tent city on Fourth Avenue N after it said it helped about 100 of its residents get social services, including rent vouchers and bus tickets to cities where relatives or friends could help. Those who didnt get or refused services soon set up their tents at one of two locations, Fifth Avenue N at 15th Street or Fifth Avenue N at Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Street. But fire officials soon observed a host of fire code violations at the two satellite tent cities, said Lt. Rick Feinberg, a spokesman for the Fire and Rescue Department. People were smoking and cooking in their tents, he said. The tents were too close together, too close to public thoroughfares, and they didnt have fire extinguishers, he said. Feinberg said the homeless also failed to get the required permits for their tents, which were set up on the public right of way. They were all in violation of codes, Feinberg said. No one submitted plans for preparations for these two tent cities.
Posted on: Fri, 22 Aug 2014 12:21:20 +0000
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