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AN ORDINANCE CONCERNI~~G THE DOW~dTaWN COMMISSION;
A~!IENDING SECTIONS 2.1,55, 2.157, 3.744, AND 3.715
DF THE EUGENE CODE, 1971; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECT-
2VE DATE.
THE CITY OF EUGENE DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Subsections ~l} and ~2} of Section 2.155 of the
Eugene Code, 1971, are hereby amended to read and provide:
2.155 Downtown Commission - Membership; Term; Vacancies.
~l} The commission shall consist of nine voting mem-
bers to be interviewed and appointed by the council, and two
ex officio nonvoting members, the city manager or his/her
designee and the executive director, to be appointed by the
city manager.
{2~ Voting members of the commission shall hold
office for four years, except for initial members, two of
whom shall have terms of four years; three for three years;
three far two years; and one for one year, to be determined
by the council at the time of appointment. The ex officio
members shall hold office at the pleasure of the city
manager.
Section 2. Section 2.157 of the Eugene Code, 1971, is hereby
amended to read and provide:
2.157 Downtown Commission - Lnterests of Members. At least
six voting members of the commission shall be employed,
employ others, own property, manage a business, maintain a pri-
mary residence, or otherwise have a direct, pecuniary interest
within the downtown boundary as described in section 2.154~1~.
Section 3.
Subsection ~6} of Section 3.740 of the Eugene
Code, 1971, is hereby amended to read and provide:
3.?04 Downtown Develo ment District Tax -- Levy.
~6~ Any person aggrieved by being erroneously classi-
fied in his opinion as a professional or nonprofessional for
purposes of the tax imposed by this section may request the
city manager to review the classification. Within 15 days
after receiving the request, the city manager or his designee,
after affording the person an opportunity to be heard with
reference to his grievance, and after consulting with the
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finance officer and the Downtown Commission, shall determine
how the person shall be classified for purposes of the tax,
Such determination shall be final,
Section 4. Subsection ~1} of Section 3.715 of the Eugene Code,
1971, is hereby amended to read and provide:
3,715 Downtown Development District Tax - Administration.
~1~ The director of the department of finance shall
administer the tax imposed by section 3.?QH of this code. He
may do so .in accordance with rules and regulations he promul-
gates consistently with the code. The rules and regulations
shall include such provisions as are necessary or expedient
for eliciting information needed to administer the tax, induc-
ing prompt and full payment of the tax, preventing fraud or
evasion related to the tax, affording subjects of the tax
ample notice of their obligations regarding the tax, resoly-
ing administratively whatever controversies arise .in adminis-
tration of the tax, and imposing sanctions conducive to com-
pliance with the rules and regulations. All such rules and
regulations he shall promulgate in writing and make available
to the public, after having first reviewed them with the
Downtown Commission.
Section 5. The Downtown Commission created by Ordinance ~~o.
1H969 will become operative on August 1, 1982 and therefore,. it
is necessary that the provisions contained herein become effective
on the same date, and an emergency is hereby declared to exist,.
and this Ordinance shall became effective on August 1, 198,
Passed by the City Council this Approved by the ~~ayor this
Ada of July, 1982 y o~ July, 1982..
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