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ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER
of the
City Manager of the City of Eugene
ESTABLISHING FEES FOR
RESIDENTIAL PERMIT PARKING ZONE REGULATIONS SERVICES
The City Manager of the City of Eugene finds as follows:
A. Section 2.020 of the Eugene, Code, 1971 authorizes the City Manager to
determine and set fees and charges to be imposed by the City for services, goods, use of
municipal property, and licenses and permits.
B. In accordance with the procedures set forth therein, on August 16, 1991 I
notified the Mayor and City Council that I intended to establish fees to recover the cost
of processing applications for designation of residential permit parking zones or removal
thereof, and issuance of permits, as set forth in the Notice of Intended Fees attached as
Exhibit A thereto and incorporated therein by reference. The Notice was posted at two
locations at City Hall on August 16, 1991, and made available for interested persons at the
offices of the City Manager, City Hall, 777 Pearl Street, Eugene, Oregon. The Notice
advised persons desiring to comment thereon to submit the same in writing within 15 days
from that date of posting.
C. Five written comments were received. The issues raised therein, and my
findings in response thereto are as follows:
Comment 1: Property owners should receive free permits because they
already pay property taxes.
Findin2: Property taxes pay for general services (i.e., public safety, library,
etc.). Preferential parking programs such as this are special services and must be
supported in other ways. The proposed fee of $15 per year is nominal and meant
to recover costs incurred by the City in providing this special service to a select
group of the general public. On-street parking spaces are in the public right-of-
way and available to the general public. Because of the greater demand for parking
in certain neighborhood areas, this program has been implemented to provide
preferential treatment to residents for long-term parking in order to maintain the
liveability and residential character of the neighborhood. Residents and property
owners do not have to buy a permit to park on the street, but the permit gives
them extended privileges not available to the non-permit holder.
Comment 2: The money the City spends on the upkeep of the WUNA
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meeting house should go towards balancing the parking program budget.
Findin2: The WUNA meeting house was originally purchased with
Community Block Grant Funds. The City spends virtually no money on the upkeep
of the house; it is maintained by the neighborhood group. Space in the house is
rented to non-profit organizations and the fund raising activities generate the
maintenance revenue.
Comment 3. Non-residents and not the people who reside in these areas
should pay to use the available on-street parking spaces.
Findin2: As indicated in Finding 1 above, residents and property owners do
not have to buy a permit to use the available on-street parking spaces, only to avail
themselves of the extended privileges not available to a non-permit holder. In
addition, non-residents (which includes students and people who work or have
business in the area) do currently pay permit fees for long-term daytime parking
that are significantly higher than the proposed $15 annual fee for residents.
Commuter/long-term parking permits cost $17.50 per month, or $1.50 per day.
These fees were previously established and have been added to this fee schedule
for clarity.
Comment 4: All on-street spaces in the focus areas should be metered
parking only and residents should then be given permits allowing them to park free
at the metered spaces.
Findin2: The intent of the program is to (1) minimize the impact of long-
term daytime parking from adjacent commercial and business areas without
minimizing the opportunity for short-term parking, and to (2) maximize the
availability of long-term parking for residents and property owners. In general, the
City does not currently meter residential areas because meters are used to promote
turnover where there is a high demand for short-term parking, typically in
commercial areas.
D. Having fully responded to the comments received, I find that the fees
hereinafter set forth are consistent with applicable policies and directives of the City
Council, comparable to the fees established in other jurisdictions for similar services, and
are necessary in order to defray the City's personnel costs associated with providing these
services.
On the basis of these findings, larder that:
The following fees are hereby established for the indicated services in connection
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with the Residential Permit Parking Zone Regulations Services:
Fee for processing applications for
residential permit parking zone designation .......... $ -0- *
Fee for processing applications for removal of
residential permit parking zone designation .......... $ 20.00 per parcel
Permit fee for residential permit parking zone ......... $ 15.00 per year
Transfer or replacement of permit
$ 1.00
Temporary permits (guest or absentee owner) ......... $ -0- *
Commuter permit - monthly ..................... $ 17.50
- daily ........................... $ 1.50
* Although no fees are being established at this time, they may be after further
program review.
Dated and effective this /p 7]! day of September, 1991.
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