Item C: Exceptions for Tailgating Around Autzen Stadium

Home Browse Search

ATTACHMENT A ORDINANCE NO. __________ AN ORDINANCE CONCERNING CONSUMPTION OR POSSESSION OF ALCOHOL IN PUBLIC PLACES, AND AMENDING SECTIONS 4.190, 4.990, AND 4.996 OF THE EUGENE CODE, 1971. THE CITY OF EUGENE DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Subsection (4) of Section 4.190 of the Eugene Code, 1971, is amended, to provide: 4.190 Consumption or Possession in Unlicensed Public Places Prohibited . (4) [Malt beverages and alcoholic liquors may be drunk or consumed in the parking lot immediately adjacent to Autzen Stadium d] During a period commencing four hours before the start of a scheduled collegiate football game at Autzen Stadium and ending two hours after the game is completed[.], malt beverages and alcoholic liquors may be drunk or consumed: (a) In the state-owned parking lots immediately adjacent to Autzen Stadium; and (b) On private property located within the area bounded by Coburg Road on the west, the Willamette River on the south, Interstate 5 on the east, and Intrastate 105 on the north, extended to the public for use by persons as a parking facility, provided the responsible person, who may be the property owner or person with authority over parking operations on the property, has posted signs at each entrance to the property and distributes to each driver using the property a handbill, containing the following language: 1. Consumption of alcoholic beverages is allowed on this property only during the time period commencing four hours before the start of a scheduled collegiate football game at Autzen Stadium and for up to two hours following the end of the game; 2. Providing alcohol to minors, and consumption of alcohol by minors is prohibited; 3. The sale of alcohol is prohibited; and 4. Disorderly conduct will not be tolerated. The type-face for the signs shall be clear and legible and use a type- face with letters at least two inches high. The type-face for the handbills shall be clear and legible and use at least a 12 point font. The exemption authorized by this subsection (b) applies only to L:\CMO\2007 Council Agendas\M070723\S070723C.doc