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ATTACHMENT A ORDINANCE NO. AN ORDINANCE CONCERNING RENTAL HOUSING; ADDING SECTIONS 8.400 THROUGH 8.440, AND SECTION 8.995 TO THE EUGENE CODE, 1971; AND PROVIDING FOR A DELAYED ENFORCEMENT DATE. The City of Eugene does ordain as follows: Section 1. Sections 8.400 through 8.440 are added to the Eugene Code, 1971, to provide: 8.400 Rental Housinq - Title. Sections 8.405 through 8.440 of this code constitute the "City Rental Housing Code," and may be referred to as such. 8.405 Rental Housinq - Purpose. The purpose of this City Rental Housing Code is to provide minimum habitability criteria to safeguard health, property and public wellbeing of the owners, occupants and users of rental housing and is intended to supplement rather than conflict with the habitability standards of the State of Oregon Residential Landlord and Tenant Act. 8.410 Rental Housinq - Applicability. (1) Except as provided in subsection (2) of this section, the standards provided in section 8.425 of this code shall apply to all rental housing. (2) The following living arrangements are excluded from the application of sections 8.405 through 8.440 of this code: (a) Occupancy in transient lodging; (b) Occupancy in hospitals and other medical facilities; (c) Occupancy in residential care facilities licensed by the State; (d) Occupancy of a dwelling by its owner, including one where a portion of the dwelling is rented to another person for occupancy; (e) Occupancy in institutions providing educational, counseling, religious or similar service, but not including residence in off- campus, non-dormitory housing; (f) Occupancy in a dwelling occupied for no more than 90 days by a purchaser prior to the scheduled closing of a real estate sale or by a seller following the closing of a sale, as permitted under the terms of an agreement for sale of a dwelling unit or the property of which it is a part; Ordinance- 1 L:\CMO\2004 Council Agendas\M041108\S0411084-attA.doc