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COUNCIL ORDINANCE NO. 20563
COUNCIL BILL 5153
AN ORDINANCE EXTENDING THE SUNSET DATES OF THE REST STOP
AND DUSK-TO-DAWN PILOT PROGRAMS; AMENDING ORDINANCE
NO. 20559; AND PROVIDING FOR AN IMMEDIATE EFFECTIVE DATE
ADOPTED:March 14, 2016
SIGNED:March 16, 2016
PASSED:8:0
REJECTED:
OPPOSED:
ABSENT:
EFFECTIVE:
ORDINANCE NO. 20563
AN ORDINANCE EXTENDING THE SUNSET DATES OF THE REST STOP
AND DUSK-TO-DAWN PILOT PROGRAMS; AMENDING ORDINANCE NO.
20559; AND PROVIDING FOR AN IMMEDIATE EFFECTIVE DATE.
The City Council of the City of Eugene finds as follows:
A.
On September 25, 2013, Ordinance No. 20517 was adopted concerning
permitted overnight sleeping. Section 3 of that Ordinance adopted a permitted overnight
sleeping
B.
The rest stop program sunset date has subsequently been extended, most
recently on July 25, 2015, by Ordinance No. 20554, which extended the sunset date to March
31, 2016.
C.
On November 24, 2015, Ordinance No. 20559 was adopted establishing the
permitted overnight sleeping (dusk to dawn) pilot program with a sunset date of March 31, 2016.
D.
The Council has decided to extend the sunset date of the rest stop and dusk to
dawn pilot programs to March 31, 2017. In addition, Ordinance No. 20559 establishing the dusk
to dawn program is being amended to allow the City Manager to consider the seasonal sunset
in determining the hours of permitted overnight sleeping at designated sites.
NOW, THEREFORE,
THE CITY OF EUGENE DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1
.The rest stop pilot program adopted in Section 3 of Ordinance No. 20517,
and the dusk to dawn pilot program adopted by Ordinance No. 20559, shall sunset and be
repealed on March 31, 2017, unless extended or made permanent by future Council action.
Section 2
. The dusk to dawn pilot program adopted in Section 1 of Ordinance No.
20559 is amended to provide as follows:
Dusk to Dawn Permitted Overnight Sleeping Pilot Program.
Notwithstanding
section 4.815 of the Eugene Code, 1971, the City Manager is authorized to permit
persons to sleep overnight at designated sites, between the hours of 4:30 p.m. and
7:30 a.m., under the following circumstances:
1.
The City Manager shall recommend to the City Council proposed sites for the
Dusk to Dawn program. Any such site may not be located in a residential
area or close to a school, and must be owned or leased by the City of Eugene,
another governmental entity, a religious institution, a non-profit organization,
or a business if the business is located on property zoned commercial or
industrial.
2.
Before a proposed site may be used, the site must be approved by the City
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