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R- 6.645 -E Designation of Sensitive Areas. <br /> 1. Criteria for Sensitive Area Designation. For the purposes of administering these <br /> Rules, any construction site that meets one or more of the following criteria shall be considered a <br /> sensitive area for which an erosion prevention permit will be required: <br /> 1.1 The slope of the parcel in the area of disturbance is greater than 10 %; <br /> 1.2 The site contains highly erodible soils; or <br /> 1.3 The parcel or tax lot of record has the potential to directly drain into a water <br /> feature or its designated buffer area. <br /> 2. Determinati of Sensitive Area To assist with the administration of these <br /> provisions, the City has prepared a map indicating sites that appear to meet the above criteria. The <br /> Public Work's Director, or designee, shall use this map to make a preliminary determination of a <br /> site's sensitive area status. The map is on file at the City's Public Works Engineering Department <br /> (858 Pearl Street) and Permit & Information Center (99 West 10th Avenue). <br /> An applicant may challenge the Director's preliminary determination that a site is a sensitive <br /> area through submission of actual field or site information that demonstrates to the City's satisfaction <br /> that the site's existing physical features, such as a continuous vegetative perimeter buffer which <br /> prevents discharge of sediments, mitigate potential stormwater quality impacts, and the Director <br /> shall thereafter make a final determination of whether the site is a sensitive area <br /> If an applicant chooses not to contest the designation or is unable to satisfy the above criteria, <br /> the site shall be considered'a sensitive area and an erosion prevention permit shall be required. <br /> 3. Appeal of designation. An applicant who disagrees with the Director's final <br /> determination may appeal that decision within the time and manner prescribed in section R- 6.645- <br /> F.11 of these Rules. <br /> R- 6.645 -F Erosion Prevention Permits. <br /> 1. Permit Required. Except as otherwise provided in these rules or provisions of the <br /> Eugene Code, 1971, no person shall commence any construction related activity without first <br /> obtaining from the City an erosion prevention permit if the construction related activity will <br /> 1.1 Disturb five or more acres of land at any one time by one or more phases of <br /> development, and the disturbance is located on the same parcel of land or on contiguous <br /> parcels of land under the same ownership; or <br /> Proposed Erosion Prevention Administrative Rule R -6.645 - 8 9/16/96 <br />