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to any conditions imposed by the City Council at the time of site approval to address site- specific issues, all Safe Parking sites authorized and established pursuant to this Ordinance shall have adequate garbage collection, toilets, handwashing stations, and potable water, with a goal of providing renewable power at all sanctioned sites. Safe Tent Sites. Notwithstanding any other provision of the Eugene Code, 1971, a group of up to 40tents,or approved hut-structures,being used for overnight sleeping may be temporarily erected on property authorized by motion of the City Council for that use. Depending on the size of the property, the City Council may authorize the co-location of multiple groups. In addition to any conditions imposed by the City Council at the time of site approval to address site-specific issues, all Safe Tent sites authorized and established pursuant to this Ordinance shall have adequate garbage collection, toilets, handwashing stations, and potable water, with a goal of providing renewable power at all sanctioned sites. Section 2. When a Safe Parking site is authorized and established pursuant to this Ordinance, those vehicles unlawfully parked on City right-of-way in West Eugene shall be prioritized for occupying spaces at the Safe Parking site. When a Safe Tent site is authorized and established pursuant to this Ordinance, those tent campers at 13th and Chambers and in Washington-Jefferson Park shall be prioritized for occupying spaces at the Safe Tent site. Section 3. The City Manager may adopt rules pursuant to EC 2.019 to regulate the Safe Parking sites and Safe Tent sites established pursuant to this Ordinance. Section 4. This Ordinance shall sunset and be repealed on May 1, 2023, unless extended or made permanent by future Council action. Section 5. Due to the immediate need to address the significant increase in vehicular living and unsanctioned erection of tent camps occurring throughout the communityby establishing lawful sites to park vehicles or erect tents, an emergency is declared to exist that cannot be addressed by the ordinance adoption procedures in Section 28(1) of the Eugene Charter of 2002. Prior to the adoption of this Ordinance, the City Council unanimously agreed to proceed with consideration of this Ordinance with an abbreviated notice of the public hearing date. Section 6. As this matter has been declared an emergency, pursuant to the provisions of Section 32(2) of the Eugene Charter of 2002, with the affirmative vote of two-thirds of the Ordinance - Page 2 of 3