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. AN ORDINANCE C~?NCERNING TAx EXEMPTION FoR
MULTIPLE-~UNIT RENTAL HOUSING WITHIN A DESIGNATED
AREA; AMENDING SECTIONS 2.945 AND 2.947 CF THE
EUGENE CODE, 1971; AND~DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.
THE CITY QF EUGENE DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Subseotions ~ 1 } and ~.2 ~_ of Section 2.9 45 of the
Eugene Code, 1971, are hereby amended to read and provide:
2.945 Multi le-Unit Rental Housin -Pro erty Tax Exemption.
~l~ Based upon the findings contained in Resolution
No. 211 adopted by the council on duly ll, 1977, and the pro-.
visions of Resolution No. 3523 adopted by the council on May
27,_1981, the provisions of ORS 307.600 to 307.694 are hereby
adopted as the city's multiple-unit rental housing property
tax exemption program within the area generally bounded by the
Southern Pacific railroad tracks on the North, Washington Street
on the Vest, lath Avenue on the South, ~.nd on the East by High
Street between 13th and 11th Avenues, thence East along 11th
Avenue to Patterson Street, thence North to Broadway, thence
West and North along Broadway to the Ferry Street bridge, all
of which is more particularly described in Exhibit "A" to Reso-
lution No. 3523 referred to above.
~2~ Applications for property tax exemption hereunder
shall be filed with the city's department of housing and communi-
ty conservation and processed in accordance with the amended and
restated standards and guidelines attached as Exhibit "B" to
resolution No. 3523.
Section 2. Subsections (a) and (b ). of subsection (l~ of Section
2.947 of the Eugene Code, 1971, are hereby amended to read and pro-
vide:
2.947 Multiple-Unit Rental Housin ~- Termination of Ap roval,
Review.
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~a} Construction of multiple-unit rental housing
was not completed on or before January 1, 1955, and no
extensions as provided in subsection ~4~ hereof have
been granted, or
~b~.. The applicant has failed to comply with the
provisions of ORS 307.600 to 307.690, the provisions
of this. code, any provisions of the amended and re-
stated standards and guidelines approved by resolution
No. 3523, or
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Section 3. Subsection (4~ of ~ecti~on ~.9~7 of the Eugene Code,
19?l, is hereby amended to read and provide:
2.94? Multi le-Unit Rental. Housing - Termination of Ap roval,
Review.
~4~ Upon receipt of a request From the property owner,
the council may, by resolution, extend the deadline for comple-
tion of construction of multiple-unit rental housing for a
period not to exceed 12 consecuti~re months, i~.e., January 1,
198G, if it finds the failure to complete construction by ~'anu-
ary 1, 1985 was due to circumstances beyond the control of the
owner, and that the owner had been and could reasonably be ex-
pected to act in good faith and with due diligence.
Section 4. The provisions contained herein concern the public
welfare and, therefore, an emergency is hereby declared to exist, and
this ordinance shall become effective immediately upon its passage
by the City Council and apprawal by the Mayor,
7th day of May
Approved by the Mayor this
27th day of May, 1981
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Council President, Acting Mayor
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Passed by the City Council this