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ORDINANCE NO. p 7~,. AN ORDINANCE EXTENDING THE MGRATGRIUM UN BUILDING AND LAND USE PERMITS FGR TELECUMMUNICATIUN TGWERS AND ANTENNAS WITHIN THE CITY AS IMPUSED BY ORDINANCE ND. ZDD63; AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY, The City Council of the City of Eugene finds that: A. Pursuant to the authority of SRS 197.505 to 197.540, and based on the findings contained therein and in Exhibit A thereto, Ordinance No. 20063 was passed by the City Council and approved by the Mayor on September 16, 1996 imposing a 120 day moratorium on new applications for building and land use permits which seek to site or construct towers or antennas for wireless communications providers in order to allow the City an opportunity to complete its development of a local telecommunications plan. That moratorium will expire on January 14,1997. B. The conditions that necessitated the imposition of a moratorium continue to exist, and the findings contained in ordinance No. 20063 and Exhibit A thereto should be, and are, readopted in support of this Ordinance to demonstrate the need for a moratorium. C. The City has made significant progress in development of its telecommunications plan and implementing ordinances, the adoption of which will alleviate the problems giving rise to the moratorium. 0n September 26,1996 the Council Committee on Telecommunications ~"CCT"} received input on telecommunications policies from providers and reviewed the wireless siting study scope. The conceptual draft of the telecommunications ordinance and draft project warkplan were reviewed by CCT on October 10,1996. 4n October 24,1996 the CCT received public input on telecommunications policies, reviewed the Fiber optic Group progress report, and reviewed the legislative policies. The final telecommunications policies were revised and approved by CCT on November 7,1996, with direction provided for development of the telecommunications ordinance. Ordinance -1