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. e e M I NUT E S Eugene City Council City Council Chamber Apr il 27, 1981 7:30 p.m. COUNCILORS PRESENT: Gretchen Miller, cric Haws, D. W. (Bill) Hamel, Betty Smith, Bri an Obi e, and Cynthl a Wooten. Councllors Emily Schue, Mark Lindb.erg, and Mayor Keller were absent. Adjourned meeting of the City Council of the City of Eugene, Oregon, was called to order by Acting Mayor Gretchen Miller. I. PUBLIC HEARINGS A. Proposed Sign Code Amendment Regarding Prohibited Signs on Motor Vehicles (memo, ordinance distributed) Manager introduced Jerry Jacobson, Planning Department. Mr. Jacobson explained that the issue of advertising on motor vehicles arose late last year when Lane Transit District announced its plans to place signs on the exterior of buses to create extra revenue. The Planning Commission directed staff to investigate the applicability of LTD1s advertising proposal with the City's Sign Code. The City Attorney's Office determined that the existing Sign Code under Section 8.690 Prohibited Signs does not clearly allow or disallow exterior bus advertising. The Planning Commission subsequently directed staff to draft two amendments to the Sign Code for consideration. One amendment to Section 8.690 would clarify the types of prohibited signs, specifically pro- hibiting advertising on vehicles. The other amendment would add a new subsec- tion to Section 8.670, "Exempt Signs," adding bus signs as being exempt from the Sign Code provisions, thus allowing exterior bus advertising and regulating the surface area of signing. At the April 7, 1981, Planning Commission hearing, the commission voted to recommend to the council approval of the amendment to Section 8.690 in order to clarify the language relating to the subsection prohibiting vehicular adver- tising. A motion to forward approval of the second amendment, to exempt bus signs from the Sign Code provisions, failed. Mr. Obie asked the City Attorney if he might have a conflict of interest. He wished to clarify his position to the council and the public. In the past, because of his association with the Outdoor Advertising Industry, he had not voted on the sign ordinance issues. He explained he may change that position this evening because he has been outside that industry for the past two years. However, when advertising was being sold for mounting on the buses prior to the MINUTES--Eugene City Council April 27, 1981 Page 1