Oklahoma City says sex offenders can't live in tents at trailer park

About 30 sex offenders living in tents in a south Oklahoma City trailer park will need to find new homes.

The men vacated trailers at Hand Up Ministries, 2130 SE 59, when a law that prohibits sex offenders from living together in manufactured homes took effect July 1.

That's when Hand Up founder, the Rev. David Nichols, moved some offenders to tents instead.

The Oklahoma City Development Services Department issued a notice of violation July 17 (this date corrected from a previous story) stating tents are not permitted on the property the way it is zoned. It gave the nonprofit 30 days to comply or face a $500 fine.