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ORDINANCE NO. 20568 AN ORDINANCE EXTENDING THE RENTAL HOUSING CODE SUNSET DATE AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. The City Council of the City of Eugene finds as follows: A. Sections 8.400 through 8.440, and 8.995 of the Eugene Code, 1971, (“theRental Housing Code”) were adopted by Ordinance No. 20329 on November 22, 2004. Ordinance No. 20329 also provided that the Ordinance and the Rental Housing Code be repealed effective December 31, 2008. B. On May 27, 2008, Ordinance No. 20408 was enacted extendingthe sunset date to December 31, 2011. On November 28, 2011, Ordinance No. 20480 was enacted amending provisions of the Rental Housing Code and extending the sunset date to September 30, 2012. On June 11, 2012, Ordinance No. 20494 was enacted amending the Rental Housing Code and extending the sunset date to September 30, 2016. C. The Council has determined that the September 30, 2016sunset date and repeal date of the Rental Housing Code should be extended toMarch 1, 2017. D. Pursuant to the Eugene Charter of 2002, an ordinance takes effect 30 days after its adoption by the City Council and approval by the mayor. However, with the affirmative vote of two-thirds of the members of the City Council, and upon adoption by the Council and approval by the Mayor, an ordinance may become effective immediately. (Eugene Charter of 2002, Section 32(2).) THE CITY OF EUGENE DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Unless otherwise extended by action of the City Council, the sunset date andrepeal of Ordinance Nos. 20329, 20408,20480,20494, andthis Ordinance,is March 1, 2017. Section 2. Copies of this Ordinance shall be appended to Ordinance Nos. 20329, 20408,20480and 20494. Section 3 .Notwithstanding Section 1of this Ordinance, any enforcement actions commenced to enforce the Rental Housing Code provisions prior to March 1, 2017, may continue to be pursued, and the provisions related to such enforcement actions shall remain in effect with respect to those actions. In addition, any fees owed to the City under the provisions of the Rental Housing Code remain due and owing, and all provisions related to those fees and their collection shall remain in effect with respect to those fees. Section 4 .Because the Rental Housing Code provisions are currently scheduled to sunset on September 30, 2016, an effective date of less than 30 days after adoption is necessary so that the Rental Housing Code provisions remain in effect without interruption. Ordinance -Page 1of 2