Title
Consider/Discuss/Act on an Ordinance Approving and Extending Ordinance No. 2025-10-097 for an Additional One-Year Term, Regarding the Physical Occupancy of Certain Public Rights-of-Way and Spaces in Downtown Found in Chapter 70, Article XII (Physical Occupancy within Downtown Public Spaces) of the McKinney Code of Ordinances
Summary
COUNCIL GOAL: Safe and Secure Community
MEETING DATE: October 5, 2026
DEPARTMENT: Police Department
Code Services Department
City Attorney’s Office
CONTACT: Jennifer Arnold, AICP, Assistant City Manager
Phillip Hubbard, Director of Code Services
Joe Ellenburg, Chief of Police
Jeremy Page, Assistant City Attorney
RECOMMENDED CITY COUNCIL ACTION:
? Adoption of the proposed Ordinance.
ITEM SUMMARY:
The proposed ordinance approves and extends Ordinance No. 2025-10-097 for an additional one-year term.
Ordinance No. 2025-10-097 was originally adopted in October 2025 to incorporate a new section, “Chapter 70, Article XII”, pertaining to the physical occupancy of certain public rights-of-way and spaces into the McKinney Code of Ordinances. As part of its adoption, Ordinance No. 2025-10-097 included a one-year expiration if not reconsidered and extended by the Council.
The one-year expiration was to ensure city staff and leaders established a dedicated period of time to monitor implementation of the new regulations and make progress on the broader community conversation regarding homelessness in McKinney (now known as the Better Together Initiative).
Staff continues to make progress on the Better Together Initiative and anticipates having a final document and discussion with Council in late 2026/early 2027 for possible strategies and opportunities to improve the state of homelessness in McKinney. We also continue to monitor implementation of the new regulations.
To allow for completion of the Better Together Initiative and continued monitoring of the new provisions, Staff recommends re-approving and extending Or...
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