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ORDINANCE NO. 20517 <br />AN ORDINANCE CONCERNING PERMITTED OVERNIGHT SLEEPING; <br />AMENDING SECTION 4.816 OF THE EUGENE CODE, 1971; AND <br />PROVIDING A SUNSET DATE FOR UNCODIFIED PROVISIONS. <br />The City Council of the City of Eugene finds as follows: <br />A. Section 4.816 of the Eugene Code, 1971 (EC) provides for the regulation of <br />overnight sleeping. <br />B. In order to create additional sleeping options for people who are homeless, <br />Ordinance No. 20484 was adopted temporarily allowing overnight sleeping in a tent where <br />overnight sleeping would be allowed in a vehicle. The sunset date of that provision was <br />extended to December 31, 2014 by Ordinance No. 20501. Ordinance No. 20503 was adopted <br />allowing overnight sleeping in a "Conestoga hut' where overnight sleeping would be allowed in <br />a vehicle. That Ordinance will sunset on October 1, 2013. EC 4.816 should be amended to <br />make those provisions permanent. <br />C. In addition, a pilot program expanding the permitted overnight sleeping provisions <br />should be established and remain in effect until March 31, 2014, which will allow the City to <br />monitor the program to determine whether it should be made permanent, revised or abandoned. <br />NOW, THEREFORE, <br />THE CITY OF EUGENE DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: <br />Section 1 . The findings set forth above are adopted. <br />Section 2 . Subsection (1) of EC 4.816 is amended to provide as follows: <br />4.816 Permitted Overnight Slee <br />1) Notwithstanding any other provision of this code: <br />a) Persons may sleep overnight in a vehicle in a parking lot of a religious <br />institution, place of worship, business or public entity that owns or <br />leases property on which a parking lot and occupied structure are <br />located, with permission of the property owner. The property owner may <br />not grant permission for more than six vehicles used for sleeping at any <br />one time. For purposes of this subsection (1), the term "vehicle" <br />includes a car, tent, camper, trailer, and Conestoga hut. <br />b) Persons may sleep overnight in the back yard of a single family <br />residence in a residential zoning district, with permission of the owner <br />and tenant of the residence. Not more than one family may sleep in any <br />back yard, and not more than one tent or camping shelter may be used <br />for sleeping in the back yard. As an alternative, but not in addition to <br />sleeping overnight in the back yard, not more than one family may sleep <br />Ordinance - Page 1 of 3 <br />June 12, 2019, Meeting – Item 2