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ORDINANCE NO. 20205 AN ORDINANCE CONCERNING PROSTITUTION-FREE ZONES; AND ADDING SECTIONS 4.746, 4.747, 4.748, 4.749 AND 4.750 TO THE EUGENE CODE, 1971. THE CITY OF EUGENE DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Sections 4.746, 4.747, 4.748, 4.749 and 4.750 of the Eugene Code, 1971, are added to provide: 4.746 Designation of Prostitution-Free Zones. (1) The chief of police may designate an area of the city as a prostitution-free zone if the chief determines that, during the previous six months, the number of offenses listed in section 4.745 of this code is 50% higher than that for other similarly sized geographic areas of the city that are not located within a prostitution-free zone. (2) The chief of police shall designate an area as a prostitution-free zone by following the rulemaking procedures described in section 2.019 of this code. (3) The designation of an area as a prostitution-free zone shall expire after two years unless the chief of police renews the designation pursuant to the procedures described in subsection (2) of this section. 4.747 Civil Exclusion. (1) The municipal court shall exclude a person for a period of ninety (90) days from the public streets, alleys, sidewalks and other public ways in all prostitution-free zones designated pursuant to section 4.746 of this code if the person has been arrested based upon probable cause within any prostitution-free zone for any prostitution related activities including the following offenses, unless the offense was committed entirely within a private residence: (a) Prostitution, in violation of section 4.745 of this code or ORS 167.007; (b) Promoting prostitution, in violation ofORS 167.012; (c) Compelling prostitution, in violation ofORS 167.017; (d) Attempts as defined in section 4.015 of this code or ORS 161.405 to commit the crimes listed in subsections (a), (b) and (c) above. (2) The municipal court shall exclude a person for a period of one (1) year from the public streets, alleys, sidewalks and other public ways in all of the prostitution-free zones if the person is convicted of any of the offenses enumeraied in subsection (1) of this section if that offense was committed within any prostitution-free zone. (3) Except as allowed under section 4.750 of this code, a person excluded under authority of this section may not enter any prostitution-free zone except to: (a) Attend a meeting with an attorney; Ordinance - 1