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COUNCIL ORDINANCE NUMBER 20391
COUNCIL BILL NUMBER 4952
AN ORDINANCE REPEALING ORDINANCE NO. 20384
CONCERNING MOTOR VEHICLE FUEL DEALER'S
BUSINESS LICENSES; DECLARING AN EMERGENCY;
AND PROVIDING FOR AN IMMEDIATE EFFECTIVE
DATE.
ADOPTED: August 15, 2007
PASSED: 8:0
REJECTED:
OPPOSED:
ABSENT:
EFFECTIVE: August 15, 2007
ORDINANCE NO. 20391
AN ORDINANCE REPEALING ORDINANCE NO. 20384 CONCERNING
MOTOR VEHICLE FUEL DEALER'S BUSINESS LICENSES;
DECLARING AN EMERGENCY; AND PROVIDING FOR AN
IMMEDIATE EFFECTIVE DATE.
The City Council of the City of Eugene finds that:
A. On May 29, 2007, the City Council passed Ordinance No. 20384, which (a)
increased the City's gas tax by $0.03 per gallon, and (b) repealed the sunset provision on $0.02
per gallon. Signatures were subsequently submitted seeking to refer that ordinance to the voters.
The Lane County Circuit Court recently ruled that the number of signatures submitted were
sufficient to refer the measure.
B. The Council has determined that the ordinance containing the two provisions
($0.03 increase and sunset on $0.02) should not be placed before the voters, and therefore, that
the ordinance should be repealed. In light of the time constraints imposed by state law and state
administrative rules on submission of election measures, and the Council's intent to submit the
$0.03 per gallon increase to the voters at a November election, the Council needs to repeal
Ordinance 20384 at its August 15th meeting.
Now, therefore,
THE CITY OF EUGENE DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Ordinance No. 20384 concerning motor vehicle fuel dealer's business licenses
(which repealed Section 3 of Ordinance No. 20337 and amended Section 3.467 of the Eugene
Code, 1971) is hereby repealed.
Section 2. Due to the fact that Ordinance No. 20384 is subject to a referendum and the
time constraints imposed by the state related to election measures, the City Council finds that an
emergency exists which cannot be addressed by the ordinance adoption procedures of Section
28(1) of the Eugene Charter of 2002. Immediately prior to adoption of this Ordinance, the City
Council unanimously agreed to proceed with consideration of this Ordinance with an abbreviated
notice of the public hearing date.
Section 3. Pursuant to the provisions of Section 32(2) of the Eugene Charter of 2002,
with the affirmative vote of two-thirds of the members of the City Council, this Ordinance shall
become effective immediately upon its adoption by the Council and approval by the Mayor, or
passage over the Mayor's veto.
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Section 4. An immediate effective date of this Ordinance is necessary in order to serve
the important public purpose of repealing Ordinance No. 20384 consistent with the time
constraints imposed by state election laws and administrative rules.
Passed by the City Council this
15th day of August, 2007
Approved by the Mayor this
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