HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance No. 19242ORDINANCE NO. 19242
AN ORDINANCE CONCERNING PARKING; AMENDING SECTIONS
5.01D, 5.285 AND 5,540 O F THE EUGENE CODE, 1971; ADDING
A NEW SECTION 5.24D TO THAT CODE; AND PROVIDING AN
EFFECTIVE DATE.
THE CITY CF EUGENE DOES ORDAIN A5 FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Section 5.010 of the Eugene Code, 1971, is hereby amended
by adding in alphabetical order therein the following:
5.010
Parkin facility. Any real property, or any building or a
portion thereof, privately or publicly owned, which has been
'~ ~ marked with designated parking spaces for motor vehicles, or any
real property which has not been marked with designated parking
spaces for motor vehicles which by function, custom or usage
would cause a reasonable person to believe it is used for parking
motor vehicles. "Parking facility" does not include:
~a} Property within a public way,
fib} Property where parking is normally not permitted
at all ,
~c} Property primarily used far residential purposes
where there ~ s deli grated par~ki ng far not more than 1O
vehicles, or
~d} An off-street parking lot or structure of another
public agency unless the city has contracted with that
public agency to enforce the parking regulations at that
site.
Section 2. There is hereby added to the Eugene Code, 1971, a new sec-
tion to be numbered and provide:
5.240 Prohibited Parki n ~ Of f-Street Facilities .
~1} Except to momentarily pick up or discharge a passer er, no
person shall stand or ark a e g'
p v hhcle on private or public property ~n a
marked emergency vehicle lane,
~2} This subsection does not apply to property within the ublic
way or to an emer enc vehicle arke p
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duties. Except to momentarily pick up or discharge a passenger, or exce t
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with permission of the owner or person in lawful possession of the remises
no person shall stand or ark a p
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~n a manner or location that impedes the orderly movement of vehicle or
pedestrian traffic on such premises.
~3} Except for an emergency vehicle parked while its o erator
performs official duties no a p•
• ~ p rson shat 1 parka veh~ c1 e ~ n a parks ng
facility in violation of signs pasted as provided in section 5.540 1 of
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this code which have been approved under subsections 5.5402} or 5.540 3
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of this code and contain additional words that unauthorized vehicles may
be cited for violation of this subsection.
Section 3. The first paragraph of subsection ~5~ of Section 5.285 of
the Eugene Code, 1971, is hereby amended to read and provide:
5.285
~5} Except for the airport as defined in section 2.415 of this
code, the following minimum and maximum charges are hereby established for
off-street parking facilities provided by the city to be effective January
1st of the year designated unless otherwise expressly provided. The
charges fora specific facility or part thereof to be established by admin-
istrative action of the city manager except he may not establish the charges
for parking facilities within the Downtown Development District without
first receiving the recommendation of the Downtown Commission.
Section 4. Section 5.540 of the Eugene Code, 1971, is hereby amended
to read and provide:
5.540 Si ns Re uired for Parkin Facilities Before Citin or Towin
Unauthorized llehi cl es .
~1~ 1~hen required by this code or state law a parking facility
shall have notice of parking restrictions posted in at least one of the
following ways:
ta} A sign at each entrance in plain view to any person
entering the facility in a motor vehicle which:
1. Is not more than 10 square feet nor less than 3
square feet in size;
2. Contains lettering readable fora distance of 50
feet stating:
a. who is authorized to use the parking facility,
b. That unauthorized vehicles will be cited for
violation of section 5.240 of this code or will be
towed away at the vehicle owner's expense, and
c. The hours when unauthorized vehicles may be
cited or towed; or
~b~ Signs within the parking facility of the same size and
content as prescribed in paragraph ~a) of this subsection which
are readable from each parking space; or
~ c~ At each designated parking space an individual sign of
not less than one square foot nor more than three square feet in
size containing the notice prescribed in paragraph ~a~2. of this
subsection.
~2~ The city manager or his or her designee shall rescribe stan-
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Bard signs with wording that meets the requirements of subsection ~1} of
this section. Existing signs which do not meet the sign design approved by
the city manager shall be replaced with signs of the approved design no later
that July 1, 1985.
~3} Upon written approval of the city manager or his or her
designee, the size of the signs and 1 etteri ng required by this section may
be modified provided the modification gives reasonable notice to vehicle
operators seeking a place to park.
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Sect„ion 5. That the matters contained herein concern the ublic Welfare
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and safety, and in order to insure an adequate time to im lenient the race-
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dures provided far herein, a specific effective time should be established
and therefore, this Drdinance shall become effective sixty 6D da s from
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the date of its adoption by the Council and approval by the Ma or.
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Passed by the City Counci ] thi s
23rd day of April , 1984
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Approved by the Mayor this
23rd day o f Ap r i l, 19 4
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