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ORDINANCE NO. 20261
AN O~INANCE CONCERNING SOLID FUEL SPACE
HEATING DEVICES AND AMENDING SECTIONS 6,250
AND 6.255 OF THE EUGENE CODE~ 1971.
THE CITY OF EUGENE DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1, Section 6.250 of the Eugene Code, 1971, is amended by adding definitions for
"Green advisory," "Opacity," "PM2.5" and "Yellow advisory" in alphabetical order therein, and by
amending the definitions for "Stage I red advisory" and "Stage lI red advisory" as fbllows:
6~250
Solid Fuel .~pace Heating Devices - Definitions. As used in sections 6.255 to
6.265, the fbllowing words and phrases mean:
Green advisoDT. A 24-hour period beginning at 4:00 p.m. when PM10 levels
are fbrecast by LRAPA to be less than 100 micrograms per cubic meter and PM2.5
levels are forecast to be less than 41 micrograms per cubic meter.
. The degree to which an emission reduces transmission of light or
obscures the view of an object in the background.
PM2.5. Solid or liquid particulate matter (excluding uncombined water) with
an aerodynamic diameter less than or equal to 2.5 micrometers.
~¢ I red advisor. A 24-hour period beginning at 4:00 p.m. when PM10
levels are ~brecast by LRAPA to be greater than or equal to 125 micrograms per
cubic meter but less than 150 micrograms per cubic meter, or when PM2.5 levels are
forecast by LRAPA to be greater than or equal to 55 micrograms per cubic meter but
less than 65 micrograms per cubic raeter, wkhin the Eugene-Springfield Metropolitan
Area General Plan Urban Growth Boundary.
Stage II red advisor2. A 24-hour period beginning at 4:00 p.m. when PM10
levels are forecast by LRAPA to be greater than or equal to 150 microgrmns per
cubic meter, or when PM2.5 levels are forecast by LRAPA to be greater than or equal
to 65 micrograms per cubic meter, within the Eugene-Springfield Metropolitan Area
General Plan Urban Growth Boundary.
Yellow adviso _ry. A 24-hour period beginning at 4:00 p.m. when PM10 levels
are fbrecast by' LRAPA to be greater than or equal to 100 micrograms per cubic meter
but less than 125 micrograms per cubic meter, or when PM2.5 levels are forecast to
be greater than or equal to 41 micrograms per cubic meter but less than 55
micrograms per cubic meter.
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Section 2. Subsections (3) and (4) of Section &255 of the Eugene Code, 1971, are added as
follows:
6.255 Solid Fuel Space Heating Devices - Prohibitions.
(3) No person in charge of property shall at any time allow to be initiated or
maintained in a solid-fuel space-heating device the burning of any plastics, wire insulation,
pe~olemn by~products (with the exception of natural-gas-fueled log lighters), petroteum4reated
materials, rubber products, animal remains, or animal or vegetable matter resulting from the
handling, preparation, cooking, or service of food, or of any other material which normally emits
dense smoke, noxious odors, or hazardous air contaminants.
(4) During a green or yellow advisory, no person in charge of property shall
operate or allow to be operated a solid-fuel space-heating device which discharges emissions that
are of an opacity greater than 40 percent. This provision does not apply to the emissions during the
building of a new fire, fbr a period or periods aggregating no more than ten minutes in any four-hour
period.
Section 3. 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 hereim
Passed by the City Council this
22''~ day of July, 2002~
City Recorder
Approved by the Mayor this
22"a day of July, 2002.
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