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ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER
OF THE
CITY MANAGER
City of Eugene, Oregon
The City Manager is given the authority to delegate those administrative
duties defined in subsection 9.538(6)(d), General Yard Regulations, of the
Eugene City Code.
Based on this, the City Manager orders that the Traffic Engineer of the Public
Works Department shall have the authority to exercise all duties and respon-
sibilities specifically defined as those of the City Manager in subsection
9.538(6)(d) of the Eugene City Code.
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apply to these requirements.
Elevations shall be based on the mean sea level.
(Section 9.536 amended by Ordinance No. 19400, enacted August 13, 1987,
effective January 1, 1987.)
9.538 General Yard Regulations.
(1) Yard requirements for property abutting partial or future street
rights-of-way:
(a) Except as provided in subsection (b) below, no building
shall be erected on a lot which abuts a street having only a portion
of its required width dedicated, unless the yards provided and
maintained in connection with such building have a width and/or depth
needed to complete the street width plus the width and/or depth of
the yards, required on the lot by this ordinance. (See sections
9.570 to 9.574.)
(b) Where a precise plan of the General Plan adopted pursuant
to law includes the plans for the widening of existing streets, the
connections of existing streets, or the establishment of new streets,
the placement of buildings and the establishment of yards where
required by this ordinance, shall relate to the future street
boundaries as determined by said precise plans or said general plans.
(See sections 9.570 to 9.574.)
(2) No yard or open space provided around any building for the
purpose of comply{ng with the provisions of this ordinance shall be considered
as providing a yard or open space for any other building.
(3) Except for shared outdoor living area approved in connection
with a cluster subdivision or a planned unit development, no yard or open
space on adjoining property shall be considered as providing required yard
or open space for another lot or development site under the provisions of
this ordinance.
(4) No front yards provided around any building for the purpose of
complying with the regulations of this ordinance shall be used for public or
private parking areas or garages, or other accessory buildings, except as
specifically provided in sections 9.532 to 9.567. (See section 9.544.)
(5) Special setback for garages and carports. There shall be
provided at least 18 feet of driveway, accessway or maneuvering space as
measured through the center of said driveway, accessway, ~! maneuvering"
space from the street line to the closest point of any bullding or carport
or portion of building or carport that is designed or intended or which
could be construed to be used for the temporary or permanent parking of'
motor vehicles. The purpose of this requirement is to require parking of
motor vehicles wholly on private property.
(6) Vision clearance required. Corner lots shall have vision
clearance as follows: (See Figure 9.)
(a) In districts where front yards are required, each leg of
the vision clearance triangle shall be a minimum of 15 feet in
length.
(b) In districts where front yards are not required, and the
right-of-way of an adjacent street is less than 66 feet in width,
both legs of the vision clearance trian~t€ shall be a minimum of one
foot in length for each foot of street right-of-way width under 66
feet. Regardless of adjacent street right-of-way width, triangle
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legs need never exceed 10 feet in length.
(c) Vision clearance triangles shall be kept free of all
visual obstructions from two and one-half feet to nine feet above
the curb line. Where curbs are absent, the crown of adjacent
streets shall be used as the point of reference.
, (d) Vision clearance requirements on corner lots may be
waived by the city manager or his designee, if the city manager
or his designee finds:
1. Traffic entering the intersection is controlled by
traffic signals or stop signs; and
2. The distance from the curb line to the property
line is 10 feet or more; and
3. On-street vehicle parking, street trees or other
plantings do not interfere with necessary vision clearance
as determined by the city manager or his designee; or, in
lieu of these three findings that
4. Topographic conditions are so extreme that it is
not practical to provide required vision clearance.
(7) When the common property line separating two or more
contiguous lots is covered by a building or a permitted group of buildings,
or when the placement of a building or buildings with respect to such
common property line or lines does not fully conform to the required yard
spaces on each side of such common property line or lines, such lots shall
constitute a single development site and the yards as required by this
ordinance shall then not apply to such common property lines.
(8) Dwellings where permitted above non-residential buildings.
The front and interior yard requirements for residential uses shall not be
applicable, provided that all yard requirements for the district in which
such building is located are complied with.
(Section 9.538 amended by Ordinance No. 17522, enacted February 9, 1976;
Ordinance No. 18971, enacted May 24, 1982; and Ordinance No. 19328, enacted
June 10, 1985.)
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Front Yards. Except for Solar Setback Standards as provided for
in section 9.535, front yards are required as follows (See figure
10):
(a) Residential:
1. Except for authorized alley access parcels and as
otherwise required in section 9.538 for garages and carports,
all lots or development sites in AG, RA, R-l, R-2, R-3, and
R-4 districts shall have a front yard of at least 10 feet.
That yard shall be landscaped and maintained as prescribed in
sect i,on 9.544.
(b) Commercial:
1. Except as provided in section 9.532 to 9.574, all
lots or development sites in the C-1, C-4 and GO districts
shall have a front yard of not less than 10 feet. Said yard
shall be landscaped and maintained.
2. Except as provided in section 9.532 to 9.574, all
lots or development sites in the C-2 and C-3 districts shall
have no front yard requirement.
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