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20654
ADOPTED:21
SIGNED:,2021
PASSED:7:1
REJECTED:
OPPOSED:Keating
ABSENT:
EFFECTIVE:July24
ORDINANCE NO. 20654
AN ORDINANCE CONCERNING PARKING AND STORAGE OF VEHICLES ON
STREETS, AND AMENDING SECTIONS 5.010, 5.135, 5.225, AND 5.265 OF
THE EUGENE CODE, 1971.
THE CITY OF EUGENE DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. The definitions of “Block” and “Commercial marked vehicle” in Section 5.010
of the Eugene Code, 1971, areamended to provide as follows:
5.010 Definitions.
In addition to those definitions contained in ORS Chapters 801 to 825, and Chapter 153, the
following words or phrases, except where the context clearly indicates a different meaning shall
mean:
. . . .
Block. The area encompassing both sides of a street between the two nearest cross streets.
. . . .
Commercial marked vehicle. A vehicle used primarily for the transportation of property and only
while actually conducting business from the vehicle and meeting one or both of the following
criteria:
(1) The vehicle bears a “T” license plate.
(2) The vehicle is registered to a corporation or other commercial entity and the
registered name is clearly visible from 100 feet or more of the vehicle.
Section 2. Subsection(1) of Section 5.135 of the Eugene Code, 1971, is amended to
provide as follows:
5.135 Storage of Vehicles on Streets.
(1) No person shall store or permit to be stored a vehicle or personal property on a street or
other public property for a period in excess of 72 hours. It shall constitute prima facie evidence
of storage of a motor vehicle if the same is not moved for a period of 72 hours. For the
continuity of the time to be deemed broken by movement of the vehicle the vehicle must move
at least two blocks from the original parking location and, unless the vehicle has a valid City
issued on-street parking permit, must remain removed for at least 72 hours prior to returning
anywhere within two blocks of the original parking location.
. . . .
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