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(b) Persons may sleep overnight in the back yard of a single family <br />residence in a residential zoning district, with permission of the owner <br />and tenant of the residence. Not more than one family may sleep in any <br />back yard, and not more than one tent or camping shelter may be used <br />for sleeping in the back yard. As an alternative, but not in addition to <br />sleeping overnight in the back yard, not more than one family may sleep <br />in a vehicle, camper or trailer parked in the driveway of a single family <br />residence in a residential zoning district, with permission of the owner <br />means persons related by blood or marriage, or no more than two <br />unrelated adults. <br />(c) Persons may sleep overnight in a vehicle, [camper or trailer] on a paved <br />or graveled surface located on a vacant or unoccupied parcel, with the <br />permission of the property owner, if the owner registers the site with the <br />city or its agent. The city may require the site to be part of a supervised <br />program operated by the city or its agent. The property owner may not <br />grant permission for more than [three] six vehicles used for sleeping at <br />any one time. <br />(d) The following entities may allow not more than ten persons to <br />sleep overnight, between 9:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. only, on property <br />owned by the entity, or, if leased by the entity, with permission of <br />the owner: the City of Eugene; a religious institution; a non-profit <br />organization; and a business if the business is located on property <br />zoned commercial or industrial. No more than five vehicles may be <br />used for overnight sleeping at any one site under this provision. <br /> <br />[Comment: This proposed change would allow <br />-to- <br />by the City, as well as sites authorized by a <br />religious institution, a non-profit organization, and a <br />business as long as the business is located in a <br />commercial or industrial zone. <br /> <br />Comment: The section proposes to limit the <br />number of persons at any one site to ten persons, <br />and to limit the number of vehicles to five vehicles. <br />At the last work session, Council did not specify a <br />limit on persons or vehicles at any one site. Staff <br />recommends that there be a limit, especially for this <br />pilot period, to reduce the likelihood of adverse <br />effects to neighboring properties.] <br /> <br />1. After 7:00 a.m. at a location where overnight sleeping has <br />occurred as allowed under this subsection (1)(d), a person <br />who used the site for overnight sleeping shall remove all <br />personal property from the site. <br /> <br />[Comment: This subsection would require that <br />anyone sleeping overnight remove all of his or her <br /> <br />Attachment A <br />Ordinance - Page 2 of 4 <br />