Item 2: Ordinance on Water Quality Overlay Zone

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new lot may be created if more than 33% of the lot, as created, would be occupied by either: 1. T[t]he combined area of the /WR conservation setback and any portion of the Goal 5 Water Resource Site that extends landward beyond the conservation setback[,]; or 2. The /WQ Management Area [making the lot immediately eligible for an adjustment under EC 9.8030(21)(a)]. Section 16. Subsection (5) of Section 9.8415 of the Eugene Code, 1971, is amended to provide: 9.8415Property Line Adjustment Approval Criteria. The planning director shall approve, approve with conditions, or deny the property line adjustment application. Approval or approval with conditions shall be based on compliance with the following criteria: (5) Within the /WR Water Resources Conservation Overlay Zone or /WQ Water Quality Overlay Zone, no new lot may be created if more than 33% of the lot, as created, would be occupied by either: (a) T[t]he combined area of the /WR conservation setback and any portion of the Goal 5 Water Resource Site that extends landward beyond the conservation setback[,]; or (b) The /WQ Management Area [making the lot immediately eligible for an adjustment under EC 9.8030(21)(a)]. Section 17. Section 9.8470 of the Eugene Code, 1971 is amended, to provide: 9.8470 Standards Review Approval Criteria. The [planning director] decision-maker shall determine whether the application is in compliance with the standards setout in the code section that calls for standards review. Section 18. Section 9.8472 of the Eugene Code, 1971 is amended, to provide: 9.8472 Standards Review – Application Requirements. In addition to the provisions in EC 9.7010 Application Filing, [A]applications for uses subject to standards review under EC 9.4780(3) or EC 9.4930(3) shall be subject to the following requirements: (1) Unless waived by the planning director, the application shall be prepared by one or more of the following professionals: (a) Oregon licensed architect. (b) Oregon licensed civil engineer. (c) Oregon licensed landscape architect. (d) For applications submitted under EC 9.4780(3), a professionally trained botanist, biologist, ecologist, or geomorphologist or creek restoration specialist with a bachelor’s degree in the subject field and at least 5 years of applied experience in botany, biology, Ordinance - 25