Centennial on Monday will take a first look at an ordinance prohibiting camping on public grounds and city-owned rights-of-way, becoming the latest community in the metro area to take on the contentious topic of how to deal with people experiencing homelessness. The City Council will discuss the measure Monday and open it up to public comment at its July 8 meeting. In a memo to council, city staff said Centennial recently has been “confronted with small camps located in the city’s rights-of-way” and that such camps are “inconsistent with the intended use of the city’s property.” Related Articles City crews, police remove homeless embankment in Englewood Denver Initiative 300: Effort to end camping ban fails by a wide margin What the first metro-area camping ban outside Denver and Boulder says about homelessness Urban camping bans have been a hot topic for years in the metro area, with Denver and Boulder putting in place prohibitions on camping on public property over the last decade.