HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrd. 20615COUNCIL ORDINANCE NO. 20615
COUNCIL BILL 5208
AN ORDINANCE CONCERNING AUTZEN STADIUM AND
AMENDING SECTION4.190 OF THE EUGENE CODE, 1971.
ADOPTED: May 20, 2019
SIGNED: May 24, 2019
PASSED: 8:0
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ABSENT:
EFFECTIVE: june24,2019
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ORDINANCE NO. 20615
AN ORDINANCE CONCERNING AUTZEN STADIUM AND AMENDING
SECTION 4.190 OF THE EUGENE CODE, 1971.
THE CITY OF EUGENE DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Subsection (4) of Section 4.190 of the Eugene Code, 1971, is amended to
provide as follows:
4.190 Consumption or Possession in Unlicensed Public Places Prohibited.
(4) During a period commencing six hours before the start of a scheduled
collegiate football game at Autzen Stadium and when the game is completed,
malt beverages and alcoholic liquors may be drunk or consumed:
(a) In the state-owned parking lots immediately adjacent to Autzen Stadium;
and
(b) On property extended for use as a parking facility not covered by
subsection (4)(a) and located within the area bounded as depicted on
the map 4.190(4)(b) appended to this chapter and attached to the
ordinance amending this provision, provided the responsible person,
who may be the property owner or person with authority over parking
operations on the property, has posted signs at each entrance to the
property and distributes to each driver using the property a handbill,
containing the following language:
1. It is illegal to consume alcoholic liquor or possess an open
alcoholic beverage container in a public place or on private
property extended to the public for use;
2. An exemption is provided for the consumption of alcoholic
beverages on this property during the time period commencing six
hours before the start of a scheduled collegiate football game at
Autzen Stadium and ending when the game is completed;
3. The exemption applies only to the parking area on this property;
4. Providing alcohol to minors and consumption of alcohol by minors
is prohibited;
5. The sale of alcohol is prohibited;
6. Disorderly conduct will not be tolerated; and
7. Persons violating the law or creating a nuisance are subject to
eviction and loss of parking privileges pursuant to the authority of
the property owner or parking lot operator.
The type -face for the signs shall be clear and legible and use a type-
face with letters at least two inches high. The type -face for the handbills
shall be clear and legible and use at least a 12 point font. The
exemption authorized by this subsection (b) applies only to property of
responsible persons, who may be property owners or persons with
authority over parking operations on the property, who have requested
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the exemption using a form developed by the City. The request form
shall require the property address where the exemption will apply, the
name of the responsible person, and the mailing address for the
responsible person. It shall be the responsible person's obligation to
update the mailing address by informing the City of any changes.
Exemptions are not transferable.
Section 2. The University of Oregon (UO) must provide Council the following information
every year by April 1: (1) Data for the prior four football seasons regarding tailgating, traffic, and
alcohol-related arrests; (2) Any change, or anticipated change, to: (a) the no -retry policy; (b) the
use of alcohol monitors and event staff to enforce UO's zero tolerance policy for under -age
drinking in and around Autzen Stadium; (c) the method of managing game -day parking in the
surrounding neighborhoods; or, (d) the policies and practices implemented during the 2018
football season designed to reduce overserving and overconsumption of alcohol.
Section 3. The City Recorder, at the request of, or with the consent 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
201' day of May, 2019
Deputy City Recorder
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Approved by the Mayor this
day of May, 2019
Mayor