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R-6.650-B Definitions. <br />As used in this Rule, the following words and phrases mean: <br />Environmental Professional. A botanist, biologist, wetland consultant, geotechnical <br />specialist, landscape architect, stream morphologist, or other person with demonstrated <br />experience with natural stream systems and habitat restoration. <br />Final at the Local Level. Aland use approval is "final at the local level" if (a) the <br />Planning Director or Hearings Official approval has not been appealed and the time for filing <br />an appeal has expired; or (b) if appealed, the local appellate body has issued a decision. For <br />Subdivisions, Partitions, and PUDs, the application is final at tentative approval. <br />Minimization of Impacts. To demonstrate that the proposed facility or action is <br />designed and located to result in the least amount of both short-term and long-term <br />disturbances to hydrological, ecological, and water quality treatment functions in the <br />waterway. <br />Mitigation of Impacts. To rectify the impact by repairing, rehabilitating, or restoring <br />the affected environment, or compensating for the impact by replacing or providing substitute <br />resources or environments, ensuring no net loss of hydrological, ecological, and water quality <br />treatment functions in the waterway. <br />Open Waterway. A natural or human-made swale, creek, stream, open channel, <br />ditch or other similar water feature, that has a defined and identifiable channel with slopes, <br />that is predominantly of earthen material, and that has the specific function of conveying <br />and/or storing stormwater runoff. An open waterway does not include isolated ponds or <br />other water features that are not connected to the surface water system (i.e., have no inflow <br />or outflow) so long as the isolation was not created illegally. <br />R 6.650-C Open Waterways -Permit ARproval Required. <br />Except as provided in subsection (1) of Section 6.660 of the Eugene Code, 1971 (EC) and <br />R-6.650-E: <br />(a) No person shall place foreign materials in or over the channel of an open <br />waterway without the prior written approval of the City Manager. <br />(b) No construction shall take place in or over an open waterway channel without <br />the prior written approval of the City Manager. <br />Administrative Order - 2 t:~,u-~i~~ooW..~a~o6iosioo~ <br />