Item B: Homeless Car Camping - and atts A-C

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ECC UGENE ITY OUNCIL AIS GENDA TEM UMMARY Work Session: Homeless Car Camping Meeting Date: June 13, 2011 Agenda Item Number: B Department: Planning & Development Staff Contact: Michael Wisth www.eugene-or.gov Contact Telephone Number: 682-5540 ISSUE STATEMENT Since 1998, the City of Eugene has administered the Homeless Car Camping program to manage public and private car camping sites, as well as assist in the enforcement of prohibited on-street overnight parking. The purpose of this work session is to provide City Council with an update of the Homeless Car Camping program and to address any questions related to the program. BACKGROUND In 1998, the Eugene City Council adopted an ordinance allowing off-street overnight camping on managed sites around the city. Following this, the Homeless Car Camping program was developed to aid in management of car camping throughout the City. Eugene City Code 4.816 allows off-street overnight camping if certain criteria are met. These criteria include:  With permission of the property owner, persons may sleep overnight in a vehicle, camper or trailer in a non-residential parking lot on which a parking lot and occupied structure are located. Non-residential sites may host up to three vehicles.  With permission of the property owner, persons may sleep in the backyard of a single family residence in a residential zoning district. Not more than one family is allowed in any backyard.  Property owners who allow a person to sleep overnight must provide or make available garbage disposal and sanitary facilities. To manage the overnight car camping allowed under Eugene Code, the Homeless Car Camping Program was developed. In addition to the management of camping sites, the program assists in the enforcement of regulations prohibiting on-street overnight parking. The program, managed by Community Development, works with numerous City departments to address the issues raised both by legal and illegal overnight car camping. The program has two main elements:  Management of public and private overnight parking sites  Enforcement of on-street camping regulations. The City contracts with St. Vincent de Paul (SVDP) to manage much of the daily operations of this program, particularly the management of existing car camping sites, responding to on-street camping complaints, and outreach to potential hosts of car camping spaces. The FY11 budget includes $89,000 for these services. Attachment A displays the budget for the program. \\cesrv500\CC Support\CMO\2011 Council Agendas\M110613\S110613B - and atts A-C.doc