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ORDINANCE NO. 20091 <br />AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING OVERNIGHTSLEEPING IN <br />SPECIFIED AREAS; PROVIDING AN EXPIRATION DATE; <br />AND DECLARfNGAN EMERGENCY. <br />THE CITY OF EUGENE DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOVIIS: <br />Section 1. Notwithstanding any prevision of the Eugene Code, 1971, the following <br />activities are authorized: <br />~a} Persons may sleep overnight in a registered motor vehicle parked on <br />a public street for no more than ~4 .hours and in compliance with other applicable <br />regulations, where both sides of the street abut an industrial zoning district; <br />fib} Persons may sleep overnight in a vehicle in a parking lot of a church, <br />synagogue, or other religious institution that owns or leases property on which a <br />parking lot and structure containing a place of worship are located, with permission <br />of the religious institution. The religious institution may not grant permission for <br />more than three vehicles for any one night. <br />~c} Persons may sleep overnight in the back yard of a single family <br />residence in a residential zoning district, with permission of the owner and tenant <br />of the residence. Not more than one family may sleep in any back yard, and not <br />mare than one tent or camping shelter may be used for sleeping in the back yard. <br />As an alternative, but not in addition to sleeping overnight in the back yard, not <br />more than one family may sleep in a vehicle parked in the driveway of a single <br />family residence in a residential zoning district, with permission of the owner and <br />tenant of the residence. For purposes of this section, "family" means persons <br />related by blood or marriage, or no more than three unrelated adults. <br />Section ~. A church, synagogue or religious institution that allows a person or <br />persons to sleep overnight in its parking lot pursuant to Section 1 fib} of this Ordinance, and <br />an owner or tenant that allows a person ar persons to sleep overnight in a back yard or <br />driveway pursuant to Section 1~c} of this Ordinance: <br />~a} Shaf 1 provide or make available sanitary facilities for the use of the <br />persons sleeping in the parking lot, back yard, or driveway; <br />fib} Shall not require payment of any fee, rent or other charge far the <br />privilege of using the parking lot, back yard, or driveway as authorized by this <br />Ordinance -1 <br />