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(b) An application for adjustment review under EC 9.8030(25)(c) shall be prepared by one or more of the following professionals: 1. Oregon licensed architect; 2. Oregon licensed civil or geotechnical engineer; 3. Oregon licensed landscape architect; 4. Oregon licensed geologist; 5. A professionally trained botanist, biologist, ecologist or geomorphologist; or 6. A creek restoration specialist with a bachelor’s degree in the subject field and at least 5 years of applied experience in botany, biology, ecology, geomorphology or a closely related field. Section 10. Section 9.8030 of the Eugene Code, 1971, is amended, by adding a new Subsection (25) thereto, to provide: 9.8030 Adjustment Review - Approval Criteria. The planning director shall approve, conditionally approve, or deny an adjustment review application. Approval or conditional approval shall be based on compliance with the following applicable criteria. (25) /WQ Water Quality Overlay Zone Adjustment. In accordance with EC 9.4784, a provision of the /WQ Water Quality Overlay Zone may be adjusted only upon a finding that the proposed adjustment meets criterion (a), (b), or (c) below: (a) Adjustment to Applicable Setback to Limit /WQ Management Area to 33% of Development Site. For any parcel greater than 6,000 square feet (not eligible for an automatic setback reduction under EC 9.4778(2)), the city shall make an adjustment to the applicable setback set out at EC 9.4778(1)(b) and (c) if no previous adjustment under this section has been approved for the specific portion of the /WQ Management Area and all of the following are met: 1. More than 33 percent of the development site, as defined in EC 9.0500, is occupied by the /WQ Management Area alone or in combination with a /WR Conservation Area; 2. The proposed reduction in the applicable setback will result in the /WQ Management Area, alone or in combination with a /WR Conservation Area constituting no less than 33 percent of the development site; 3. The new boundary of the /WQ Management Area shall be located: a. Parallel to the original boundary (closer to the waterway); or b. Through the application of setback averaging. Setback averaging shall be accomplished by expanding the /WQ Management Area in an undeveloped area of the development site, and reducing it in another area of the development site; 4. For either the parallel adjustment in 3.a above or the setback averaging adjustment in 3.b. above, the applicable setback is not reduced by more than 15 feet for a 25 foot setback or more than 20 feet for a 40-foot setback unless further reduction is necessary Ordinance - 19