Updated Tuesday, Feb. 18, 11:57 p.m.
The Mecklenburg County Health Department has given homeless residents and property owners 72 hours to shut down tent encampments near uptown Charlotte, citing health reasons.
Tuesday afternoon s order affects encampments on six parcels of privately owned property known as Tent City along and near 12th Street, as well as on public property next to Interstate 277. The county says the site is infested with rodents and poses an immediate health risk.
“This is not a situation that anybody should be living in. It’s not safe,” Mecklenburg County Public Health Director Gibbie Harris told county commissioners at their meeting Tuesday night.
The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department says it will not be involved with the removal of residents from what’s being called “Tent City.” Residents of the homeless encampment in uptown Charlotte have until 5 p.m. Friday to leave.
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