The best part about the InfoShop article is what Houston has done:

"In Houston, Texas, the City Council passed a series of new library regulations that prohibit "sleeping on tables, eating packaged food, using rest rooms for bathing, and 'offensive bodily hygiene that constitutes a nuisance to others.'" It also bans "large amounts of personal possessions."" (emphasis added)

(And I'm not surprised that the Houston City Council has such a poor grasp of grammar that they can consider banning "large amounts of personal possessions."