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ORDINANCE NO.20123 AN ORDINANCE IMPLEMENTING AMENDMENT IV TO THE EUGENE CHARTER OF 1976; PROVIDING FOR INTEREST AND PENALTIES FOR UNPAID FEES DUE MAY,199S UNDER CHARTER AMENDMENT TV AND RESOLUTION 4558; AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY. The City Council of the City of Eugene finds that: A. Based on the findings contained therein, Resolution No. 4558 adopted by the Council on March 16, 1998 established fees to be paid by hazardous substance users, as defined by Amendment IV to the Eugene Charter of 1976 Charter Amendment}, which were required to be paid on or before May 1,1998. B. Hazardous substance users will file their first material balance reports on April 1, 1999. Article III-F of the Charter Amendment defines "hazardous substance user" as an owner andlor operator of a "facility" within the City of Eugene that ~ 1 } has a total input of more than 2,644 pounds of hazardous substances during a calendar year, ~2}employs tenor more full-time equivalent employees, and ~3} is not exempt. C. Most persons who meet the thresholds for inputs of hazardous substances and number of full-time equivalent employees know that they possess thane characteristics and therefore are subj ect to the requirements of the Charter Amendment. Others, however, may not know until the end of 1998 if their total input of hazardous substances meets the 2,640 pound threshold or whether they will have had ten full-time equivalent employees during 1998. D. The City Council wishes to provide incentives for persons who are clearly required to pay fees to do sa in a timely manner; to avoid penalising persons who have not paid fees because in good faith they do not know if they are subject to the requirements of the Charter Amendment; and to provide appropriate penalties for persons who know or reasonably should know that Resolution No. 4558 requires them to pay a fee, but have failed to report themselves as being subject to the requirements of the Charter Amendment and have failed to pay the required fee. NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY OF EUGENE DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. As used in this Ordinance, the word "person" means an individual, corporation, partnership, trust, association or other entity that owns, operates or controls a "facility," as that term is def ned in Article III-D of the Charter Amendment. Ordinance - t