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COUNCIL ORDINANCE NUMBER 20408
COUNCIL BILL NUMBER 4978
AN ORDINANCE CONCERNING RENTAL
HOUSING STANDARDS; AMENDING SECTION
8.425 OF THE EUGENE CODE, 1971; AMENDING
SECTION 5 OF ORDINANCE NO. 20329; AND
PROVIDING AN AUTOMATIC SUNSET DATE.
ADOPTED: May 27, 2008
PASSED: 6:2
REJECTED:
OPPOSED: Bettman, Tayior
ABSENT:
EFFECTIVE: June 30, 2008
ORDINANCE NO. 20408
AN ORDINANCE CONCERNING RENTAL HOUSING STANDARDS;
AMENDING SECTION 8.425 OF THE EUGENE CODE, 1971;
AMENDING SECTION 5 OF ORDINANCE NO. 20329; AND PROVIDING
AN AUTOMATIC SUNSET DATE.
THE CITY OF EUGENE DOES ORDAIN AS FOllOWS:
Section 1. Subsection (5) of Section 8.425 of the Eugene Code, 1971, is
renumbered to (7), and new Subsections (5) and (6) are added thereto, to provide as
follows:
8.425 Rental Housina - Standards.
(5) Security. Doors and windows leading into a dwelling unit must be
equipped with locks and shall be maintained in a condition so as to
restrict access into the dwelling unit.
(6) Smoke detectors. Every dwelling unit shall be equipped with an
approved and properly functioning smoke alarm or smoke detector
installed and maintained in accordance with the state building code,
ORS 479.270, 479.275, and 479.285, and applicable rules of the State
Fire Marshal.
(7) I nteroretations.
(a) The city manager is empowered to render interpretations of
sections 8.400 through 8.440 of this code.
(b) Such interpretations shall be consistent with the purpose of this
code.
Section 2. The City Recorder, at the request of, or with the concurrence of the
City Attorney, is authorized to administratively correct any reference errors contained
herein or in other provisions of the Eugene Code, 1971, to the provisions added,
amended or repealed herein.
Section 3. Section 5 of Ordinance No. 20329 passed by the City Council on
November 22, 2004, and which provided for the automatic sunset and repeal on
December 31,2008 of Ordinance 20329 and the Rental Housing Code (Sections 8.400
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- 8.440, 8.995), is hereby amended by extending the automatic sunset and repeal of
Ordinance 20329 to December 31, 2011, and this Ordinance 20408 and Section 8.425
amended herein shall also automatically sunset and be repealed on December 31,
2011. The City Recorder is requested to note the sunset date on appropriate City logs
and to append a copy of this Ordinance to Ordinance 20329.
Passed by the City Council this
27th day of May 2008
Approved by the Mayor this
3/J day of May, 2008
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