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ORDINANCE NO. ~g$~~6 <br />AN ORDINANCE CONCERNTNG ToC~ CARS; REGULATING THE <br />SIGNING pF PRIvATE AND RU$LIC PARKING FACILITIES; <br />AMENDING SECTIpNS 3,D05 AND 5.990 OF THE EUGENE <br />CODE, 1971, ADDING SECTTpNS 3.460 AND 5.540 TO <br />THAT CODE; PRpVIDIN`G FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE; AND <br />DECLARING AN EMERGENCY: <br />The City Council of the City of Eugene finds that: <br />Many parking facilities within the City are inadequately si ned <br />g <br />to forewarn those desiring to park. a motor vehicle that the vehicle <br />may be towed at the vehicle owner's expense i~ the parking facilit <br />Y <br />is improperly used. <br />Property owners ar~d operators of vehicle towing businesses <br />have a responsibility to give motor vehicle owners reasonable notice <br />that a motor vehicle may be towed away at its owner's. expense if it <br />is improperly parked. <br />It is in the public a.nterest that the City establish regulations <br />that preserve the rights of property owners to regulate parkin on <br />g <br />their premises and requiring that adequate notice thereof be rovided <br />p <br />to the public. Now, therefore, <br />THE CITY OF EUGENE DOES pRDAIN AS FOLLOWS: <br />Section 1, Section 3.0.05 of the Eugene Code, 1971, is hereb <br />Y <br />amended by inserting in alphabetical, order therein the fallowin : <br />g <br />3.005 <br />Definitions. For purposes. of this chapter, the follow- <br />ing words and phases shah, mean: <br />Tow car. Amotor vehicle which has been altered <br />or desa:gned and equipped for the use and the business <br />of towing vehicles by mews of a crane, hoist, towbar <br />towline, or dolly, or is otherwise used to render <br />assistance to other vehicles. <br />Ordinance - 1 <br />