Residents of Santa Clara often are not sure if they are part of the City of Eugene or just Lane County. Lane County has a webpage that is easy to use and will give you a lot of useful information, such as:
- Are you in the city or just the county?
- Law Enforcement Jurisdiction – Do you call the city police or county sheriffs?
- Fire District – Do you call the Eugene or Santa Clara Rural Fire department?
- Elected Officials – handy if you want to contact them
- School District – Santa Clara is represented by 3 different districts – 4J, Junction City, and Bethel
- Building permit links
- Tax account date and map links
At the top of the Search page are tabs for Planning/Zoning, Floodplain/Wetlands, and Airports/Coastal. You probably will rarely use these tabs.