HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance No. 20484COUNCIL ORDINANCE NUMBER 20484
COUNCIL BILL NUMBER 5061
AN ORDINANCE TEMPORARILY ALLOWING
CAMPING IN TENTS WHERE CAMPING IN
VEHICLES IS NOW ALLOWED UNDER SECTION
4.816 OF THE EUGENE CODE, 1971; PROVIDING
FOR AN IMMEDIATE EFFECTIVE DATE; AND
PROVIDING A SUNSET DATE.
ADOPTED: December 20, 2011
SIGNED: December 20, 2011
PASSED: 7:0
REJECTED:
OPPOSED:
ABSENT:
EFFECTIVE:
December 20, 2011
Sunset Date: April 15, 2012
ORDINANCE NO. 20484
AN ORDINANCE TEMPORARILY ALLOWING CAMPING IN TENTS INHERE
CAMPING IN VEHICLES IS NOW ALLOWED UNDER SECTION 4.816 OF THE
EUGENE CODE, 1971; PROVIDING FOR AN IMMEDIATE EFFECTIVE DA'rE;
AND PROVIDING A SUNSET DATE.
The City Council of the City of Eugene finds as follows:
A. Section 4.816 of the Eugene Code, 1971 (EC) provides for the regulation of
overnight sleeping. EC 4.816(1)(a) and (c) contain provisions for overnight sleeping in a
vehicle, camper or trailer under certain circumstances and in certain areas.
B. In order to facilitate the transition for Occupy Eugene members, a temporary
exception to the provisions contained in EC 4.816(1)(a) and (c) concerning overnight sleeping
should be granted to allow for overnight sleeping in a tent where overnight sleeping would be
allowed in a vehicle.
NOW, THEREFORE,
THE CITY OF EUGENE DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1 . The findings set forth above are adopted.
Section 2. EC 4.816(1)(a) and (c) are amended to provide that, for purposes of the
overnight camping provisions of EC 4.816(1), a tent shall be considered a "vehicle."
Section 3. Due to the immediate termination of the overnight camping exemption at
Washington- Jefferson Park, an emergency is declared to exist that cannot be addressed by the
ordinance adoption procedures of Section 28(1) of the Eugene Charter of 2002. Immediately
prior to adoption of this Ordinance, the City Council unanimously agreed to proceed with
consideration of this Ordinance with an abbreviated notice of the public hearing date.
Section 4. As this matter has been declared an emergency, pursuant to the
provisions of Section 32(2) of the Eugene Charter of 2002, with the affirmative vote of two- thirds
of the members of the City Council, upon adoption by the Council and approval by the Mayor, or
passage over the Mayor's veto, this Ordinance shall become effective immediately.
Section 6. Unless extended or made permanent by future Council action, this
Ordinance shall sunset and be repealed on April 15, 2012.
Passed by the City Council this
20 day of December, 2011.
Approved by the Mayor this
al -0 day of December, 2011.
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