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Infrastructure and Planning Services <br />variety of customers can submit permit applications and receive assistance and information. on <br />development regulations. <br />The City Rental Housing Code, implemented in July 2005, sets minimum habitability standards <br />for heating, plumbing, weatherproofing and structural integrity to safeguard health, property and <br />public well being. There are nearly 27,000 rental units regulated by the code and approximately <br />4,957 rental owners funding the program through a $10 per unit yearly fee. <br />Community Development services provide support for neighborhood associations; promotion of <br />construction of affordable housing; administration of housing rehabilitation loan programs for <br />low-income housing and commercial and business development loan programs to create jobs for <br />lower-income residents; planning and development efforts to support a healthy downtown; and <br />management of the Riverfront and Central Eugene Project Urban Renewal districts. <br />The City manages a parking program that includes 2,600 spaces in seven downtown structures, <br />550 spaces in downtown surface lots, over 3,800 on-street metered spaces and a neighborhood <br />parking permits program. <br />The City provides basic ongoing maintenance of many City facilities including technical services <br />such as electrical, plumbing, HVAC, painting, custodial services, and energy management. City <br />staff is also responsible for the design and construction management of capital projects associated <br />with the preservation and maintenance of the City's building assets. These project management <br />services are provided for building additions, new construction, facility preservation, and space <br />planning. The City's inventory of buildings includes 205 structures with approximately 2.5 <br />million square feet. The General Fund portion of this inventory is 111 structures with <br />approximately 970,000 square feet and a replacement value of $254 million. <br />The City maintains approximately 2,900 acres of parkland, landscape beds, sports fields, <br />playgrounds, picnic shelters, turf, grounds, preserved natural areas and hard surface areas. The <br />City also plans for and manages major changes in the park and landscape system, such as <br />acquiring new parks and open space, major renovation of existing parks, and significant changes <br />in park use. <br />The City regulates trees on private lands through administration of the City Tree Preservation <br />Ordinance. The City also has direct maintenance responsibility for all trees within the street . <br />right-of--way (approximately 100,000 trees), on parkland and within the City-owned natural. <br />forested areas. <br />49 <br />