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ORDINANCE NO. 20206
AN ORDINANCE CONCERNING TRAFFIC CONGESTION
THOROUGHFARES, AND AMENDING SECTION 5.155 OF
THE EUGENE CODE, 1971.
THE CITY OF EUGENE DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Section 5.155 of the Eugene Code, 1971, is amended to provide:
5.155 Traffic Congestion Thoroughfares.
(1 ) Purpose. The purpose of this section is to prohibit the repeated driving of a
motor vehicle along and across one portion of a congested public thoroughfare. Violation of this
section shall constitute a strict liability offense without requirement of a culpable mental state.
(2) Thoroughfare defined. A thoroughfare is any street, as that term is defined
in this code.
(3) Traffic congestion thoroughfare defined. A traffic congestion thoroughfare
is any portion of a public thoroughfare within the city affected by traffic congestion or a pattern of
increased traffic caused in whole or in part by the repeated driving of the same motor vehicles along
or across that portion of the thoroughfare.
( 4) Posting signs. With respect to any traffic congestion thoroughfare, the city
manager or designee is authorized to declare a portion of the thoroughfare to be a traffic congestion
thoroughfare and to cause signs, as described in this section, to be posted giving notice of that
designation.
(5) Signs. The signs referred to in subsection (4) above shall notify drivers that
they are entering a traffic congestion thoroughfare; that passage of the same motor vehicle through
or across the traffic congestion thoroughfare between the prohibited hours, more than three times
during any two hour period is a violation of this section; and that for a subsequent violation the
vehicle may be towed.
(6) Acts prohibited. Between the prohibited hours indicated on the posted signs,
no vehicle shall pass along or across a traffic congestion thoroughfare, designated as such by signs
as described in subsection (5) above, more than three times during any two hour period.
(7) Notice of towing for subsequent violations. Upon issuing a citation for
violation of subsection (6) of this section, the officer shall give the person to whom the citation is
issued a written notice which shall state:
NOTICE
You have been cited for violation of Section 5.15 5( 6) of the Eugene
Code, 1971 for repeated passage of a motor vehicle on or across a
traffic congestion thoroughfare. If the vehicle you are driving is again
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driven along or across this traffic congestion thoroughfare before (end
of applicable two hour period) the vehicle may be impounded and
towed at your expense or the expense of the owner or other person
entitled to possession of the vehicle.
(Nmne of Officer)
(8) Exemptions. This section shall not apply to:
(a) Any publicly owned vehicle of any city, county, public
district, state or federal agency.
(b) Any vehicle licensed for public transportation.
( c ) Any other vehicle granted an exemption by the city manager
or designee because passage of the vehicle along or across the traffic
congestion thoroughfare is necessary for commercial or medical reasons.
(d) Any vehicle being driven directly to or from:
1. The residence of the driver or a passenger in the
vehicle if the driver or passenger resides on the traffic congestion
thoroughfare; or
2. The place of employment of, or a business owned by,
the driver or a passenger in the vehicle if the place of employment or
business is located on the traffic congestion thoroughfare.
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.
Passed by the City Council this
Approved by the Mayor this
7th day of August, 2000
7th day of August, 2000
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