ARLINGTON — Homeless people in recreational vehicles were filling the parking lot almost nightly at the Smokey Point rest area before it was closed in 2021, according to a state report on encampments ...
It is generally legal to sleep in your car in Ohio, though local laws may vary by community. Sleeping in your vehicle is permitted at Ohio rest areas, but camping is explicitly forbidden. You can be ...
The state’s rest areas have become the latest battlefront over homeless encampments, and a recent State Supreme Court ruling has left the police no way to enforce the illegal camping laws. The law ...