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<br />contribute to the degradation of water quality, to flooding hazards and to
<br />property damage. stormwater discharged into public ways, if not properly
<br />managed, wi 11 cause damage to public ways and creates hazards for the travelling
<br />public. Therefore, the proper disposal of stormwater is an obl igatian that the
<br />occupants of property have and, within an urban environment, i s an obligation of
<br />those who occupy property ar engage i n activity upon real property that directly
<br />Or ~ nd~ rectly d~ scharges stormwater into the city stormwater system,
<br />L. Persons using other public utility services including, but not
<br />1 i mi ted to water used for irrigating 1 awns and gardens, washing structures,
<br />sidewalks and parking 1 ots, general 1 y use property i n ways which result i n the
<br />discharge of stormwater into the city stormwater system. These uses of property
<br />demonstrate a substantial relationship between customers' use of public utility
<br />services and their use of the stormwater service.
<br />M, Significant portions of the total impervious surfaces of the
<br />commune ty are ~ n the publ ~ c streets and highways . Wh i 1 e part of these
<br />improvements are used as the city stormwater system, the surfaces used as
<br />travelled ways for motor vehicles, bicycles and pedestrians represent 21l of the
<br />impervious surfaces within the City. These travelled impervious surfaces are
<br />necessary for the safe operation of motor vehicles and i n order to perform thei r
<br />function safely must have stormwater, residues of oil and rubber, and debris
<br />removed from them. In order to remove the stormwater the City has constructed
<br />and must maintain city stormwater system of adequate size and location to
<br />foci 1 i tote the stormwater removal or to segregate the travelled way from open
<br />drainageways.
<br />N. Because the impervious surface of the travelled way i s used by motor
<br />vehicles, to the degree legally possible it is more equitable to have public
<br />revenue dedicated far motor vehicle facilities and maintenance bear the cost of
<br />removing the stormwater from such surfaces than to have that cost borne by the
<br />other customers of stormwater services .
<br />THE CITY OF EUGENE DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
<br />Section ~ . The above Findings are hereby adopted.
<br />Section 2, Sections 7.015, 6.405, 1.00, 1.03, 1.OZ5, 1.035, 7.040,
<br />1.045, 7.050, 7.010, 7.030, 6.010, 1.055, 1.060 of the Eugene Code, 1911 are
<br />hereby amended and renumbered to 6.401, 6.406, 6.411, 6.416, 6.421, 6.426, 6.431,
<br />6.436, 6.441, 6.446, fi.466, 6.411, 6.416, and 6.481 respectively, and a new
<br />section 6.451 is hereby added to the Eugene Code, 1911, to provide:
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<br />6.401 lntenti on to Operate Sewerage,,,,,,,,5,ystems. The council hereby declares
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<br />its intention by cont~ract~ll ar otherwise, to ac ui re, own construct
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<br />reconstruct, equ~ p, operate and maintain within and without the city 1 imi is
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