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ORDINANCE NO. 20517 AN ORDINANCE CONCERNING PERMITTED OVERNIGHT SLEEPING; AMENDING SECTION 4.816 OF THE EUGENE CODE, 1971; AND PROVIDING A SUNSET DATE FOR UNCODIFIED PROVISIONS. The City Council of the City of Eugene finds as follows: A. Section 4.816 of the Eugene Code, 1971 (EC) provides for the regulation of overnight sleeping. B. In order to create additional sleeping options for people who are homeless, Ordinance No. 20484 was adopted temporarily allowing overnight sleeping in a tent where overnight sleeping would be allowed in a vehicle. The sunset date of that provision was extended to December 31, 2014 by Ordinance No. 20501. Ordinance No. 20503 was adopted allowing overnight sleeping in a "Conestoga hut' where overnight sleeping would be allowed in a vehicle. That Ordinance will sunset on October 1, 2013. EC 4.816 should be amended to make those provisions permanent. C. In addition, a pilot program expanding the permitted overnight sleeping provisions should be established and remain in effect until March 31, 2014, which will allow the City to monitor the program to determine whether it should be made permanent, revised or abandoned. NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY OF EUGENE DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: Section 1 . The findings set forth above are adopted. Section 2 . Subsection (1) of EC 4.816 is amended to provide as follows: 4.816 Permitted Overnight Slee (1) Notwithstanding any other provision of this code: (a) Persons may sleep overnight in a vehicle in a parking lot of a religious institution, place of worship, business or public entity that owns or leases property on which a parking lot and occupied structure are located, with permission of the property owner. The property owner may not grant permission for more than six vehicles used for sleeping at any one time. For purposes of this subsection (1), the term "vehicle" includes a car, tent, camper, trailer, and Conestoga hut. (b) Persons may sleep overnight in the back yard of a single family residence in a residential zoning district, with permission of the owner and tenant of the residence. Not more than one family may sleep in any back yard, and not more than one tent or camping shelter may be used for sleeping in the back yard. As an alternative, but not in addition to sleeping overnight in the back yard, not more than one family may sleep Ordinance - Page 1 of 3