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<br />APPENDIX A – Eugene Municipal Code – Downtown Public Safety Zone
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<br />DOWNTOWN PUBLIC SAFETY ZONE
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<br /> 4.873 Downtown Public Safety Zone
<br /> - Boundaries
<br /> 4.874 - Civil Exclusion
<br /> 4.875 - Issuance of Notice to Show Cause
<br /> 4.876 - Exclusion Orders - Procedure
<br /> 4.877 - Variances
<br /> 4.878 - Variances – Application/Revocation Procedure
<br /> 4.879 Violation of Downtown Public Safety Zone Restrictions
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<br />4.870 Downtown Activity Zone – Purpose.
<br />(1) Eugene's downtown activity zone has been developed to renew, preserve, and enhance the
<br />economic and aesthetic value of the city's central business district and to provide facilities conducive
<br />to a harmonious blend of civic, social, cultural, residential, and economic pursuits. Streets, sidewalks
<br />and public areas are designed and constructed in a manner to encourage pedestrian oriented
<br />activities, including economic and commercial activities, and to provide a pleasant place for civic and
<br />cultural events, a public market, and an urban park. One significant purpose of the downtown
<br />activity zone is to enhance the economic vitality of adjacent property. For that reason, the former
<br />downtown mall has been reopened to vehicular traffic, and a larger area has been defined. This area
<br />is intended to encourage private investment in the downtown area and to enhance the value of such
<br />investments by encouraging pedestrians to come to the area. The multiple uses of the public
<br />pedestrian areas in the downtown activity zone are to be accommodated by reserving different
<br />areas (1) as visual amenities designed for everyone's enjoyment, (2) for pedestrian uses, (3) for use
<br />by abutting merchants, (4) for uses by other commercial pursuits and (5) for public events. When
<br />compatible, such uses may also occupy the same areas of the downtown activity zone.
<br />(2) Within the downtown activity zone, a core area has been identified as requiring additional
<br />regulation. This core area includes a concentration of public facilities (including urban parks and
<br />plazas, a transit station and a new public library) as well as the area where the former downtown
<br />mall was located. It has traditionally received a high demand for multiple public uses, and that
<br />demand is expected to continue and increase in the future. Because of recent changes to the area,
<br />this downtown core area requires greater protection to preserve and enhance its unique qualities
<br />and uses, and additional duties and responsibilities are therefore required of permittees and owners
<br />of property located within the boundaries of the area including, but not limited to, those set forth in
<br />section 3.344(4).
<br />(Section 4.870 added by Ordinance No. 16614, enacted September 11, 1972; amended by Ordinance No. 19354, enacted
<br />September 18, 1985; Ordinance No. 19605, enacted February 27, 1989; Ordinance No. 20196, enacted May 8, 2000, effective
<br />June 7, 2000; and Ordinance No. 20303, enacted November 24, 2003, effective December 24, 2003.)
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<br />4.871 Downtown Activity Zone - Definitions. For purposes of sections 4.870 to 4.872 of this chapter, the
<br />following words shall have the meanings ascribed to them by this section:
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<br /> Admission. A monetary fee charged for the privilege of attending, observing, or participating in an
<br />activity, event, or performance occurring in or upon public pedestrian areas in the downtown activity zone.
<br />“Admission” includes a monetary fee charged on a fixed basis or a donation basis. The charging of
<br />“admission” prevents those persons who have not paid the monetary fee from accessing the area in which
<br />the activity, event, or performance is occurring. Where access to the area is not restricted, “admission” does
<br />not include soliciting donations during an activity, event, or performance.
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<br />Authorized activity. Any activity for which a downtown activity permit has been issued or a city-
<br />sponsored activity.
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