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ORDINANCE NO. 19262 AN ORDINANCE CONCERNING COMMUNITY EVENT SIGNS; AMENDING SECTIONS 8.803 AND 8.670 OF THE EUGENE CODE, 1971; AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY. THE CITY OF EUGENE DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOI~S: Section 1. Section 8,803 of the Eugene Code, 1971, is hereby amended to read and provide: 8.8D3 Si n Cade Board of A eal s. ~1~ An appeal may be taken from a decision of the building official to the board by a person, firm or corporation affected by a decision of the building official relative to this code, or for special signs as provided in section 8.660, and from a deci si a,n`:~ of the city manager or the manager' s designee fora community event sign under section 8.670. Such appeal shall be taken within 1D days of the decision by filing with the of f i ci a1 whose decision is appealed,.a~notice of appeal, specifying the grounds thereof. The official whose,~decision is being appealed shall forthwith transmit to the board all the papers constituting the record upon which the action appealed from is taken. ~2~ An appeal shall stay all proceedings, and furtherance of the action appealed from, unless the building official, city manager, or man ager's designee certifies to the board, after the notice of appeal has been filed with him/her, that by reason of facts stated in the certificate, a stay would, in his/her opinion, cause imminent peril to life or property; in which case the proceedings shall not be stayed otherwise than by a restrain ing order, which maybe granted by the board or by a court having jurisdic tiara of the matter. Section 2, Subparagraph ~j~ of Section 8.670 of the Eugene Code, 1971, is hereby amended to read and provide; 8.670 ~ j ~ Communi ty,~eyent signs. ~Noncommerci al , nonproduct, or service oriented banners, pennants, and similar signs announcing a community event designated by the city manager or the manager's designee, The community event shall be of community interest with participation available to the general citizenry, and non- commercial and non_political in nature, Provided, however, the location and placement of these signs shall be reviewed by the city sign inspector to ~1} avoid conflict with traffic control signs and devices, ~2~ avoid blocking other permanent signs, and ~3} ensure safe construction and installation. These signs may be installed up to 21 days before and may remain in place up to 7 days after the designated community event. Community event banners on buildings shall not exceed 10f of the wall area on which located, with a maximum surface area of 25D square feet. A11 other community event banners on private property, or banners across a public street, shall not exceed 1D0 square feet in sur- face area. A decision of the city manager or the manager`s designee may be appealed to the sign code board of appeals in accordance with sections 8.803 and 8,806 of this code.