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CITY OF EUGENE INTER-DEPARTMENTAL MEMORANDUM CITY ATTORNEY - CIVIL DEPARTMENT To: Mary Feldman - City Recorder Date: September 4, 2008 Subject: Scrivener Error Correction to EC 9.2751/Code Update for Ordinance No. 20418 You have asked how to update Section 9.2751(3) of the Eugene Code, considering the effective dates of Ordinance Nos. 20417 and 20418, passed by the City Council on August 11, 2008. This memo provides direction for your immediate update of the code to incorporate the changes made by Ordinance No. 20418. Future code updates to incorporate the changes made by Ordinance 20417 will likely be necessary when the legal appeal process is complete. Background Until recently, EC 9.2751(3) has provided: (3) In the R-3 and R-4 zone, the maximum building height shall be limited to 30 feet for that portion of the building located within 50 feet from the abutting boundary of, or directly across an alley from, land zoned R-l. On August 11, 2008, the City Council adopted two ordinances that amend EC 9.2751(3). Although Ordinance 2041 7 was adopted first, it has a later effective date than does Ordinance 20418. Ordinance 20417 provides that EC 9.2751(3) is "amended to provide as follows:" (3) Building Height. (a) In the R-3 and R-4 zone, the maximum building height shall be limited to 30 feet for that portion of the building located within 50 feet from the abutting boundary of, or directly across an alley from, land zoned R-l. (b) An additional 7 feet of building height is allowed for roof slopes of 6: 12 or steeper in the R-l, R-2 and R-3 zones. The changes made by Ordinance 20417 are to take effect upon the date that ordinance is acknowledged by the State.l Because that ordinance has now been appealed, its code changes will not take effect for at least a few months. I Section 32 of Ordinance No. 20417 provides that it "shall become effective 30 days from the date of its passage by the City Council and approval by the Mayor, or upon the date of its acknowledgment as provided by ORS 197.625, whichever is later."