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ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO. 58-OZ-25 <br />of the <br />'' City Manager pro tem of the City of Eugene <br />~~ `-J L(~ <br />PROPOSED ADOPTION OF STANDARDS FOR GEOLOGICAL AND <br />GEOTECIINICAL ANALYSIS ADMINISTRATIVE RULE R-9.6710, <br />The City Manager pro tem of the City of Eugene finds as follows: <br />A. Section 2.019 of the Eugene Code, 1971(EC) authorizes the City Manager to adopt <br />rules for administration and implementation of any provisions of that Code. Some provisions of EC <br />Chapter 9 that became effective on June 1, 2002 require the submission of a geological and <br />geotechnical analysis. The analysis, is intended to ensure that public and private facilities in <br />developments in azeas of known or potential unstable soil conditions aze located, designed and <br />constructed in a manner that provides for the public health, safety and welfaze. Those EC provisions <br />set forth the categories and applicability of three different categories of geological and geotechnical <br />analysis; and provide for specific exemptions. <br />B. EC 9.6710(2) provides that geological and geotechnical analyses shall be prepazed <br />in a manner that conforms to the standards, procedures and content in the Standards for Geological <br />and Geotechnical Analysis adopted by the City Manager in the manner provided in EC 2.019. <br />C. ~ City staff has worked with the development community for several months. in <br />developing the Standazds for Geological and Geotechnical Analysis contained herein, and has <br />-- recommended its adoption. I concur with that recommendation and find that adoption of the <br />Standazds for Geological and Geotechnical Analysis Administrative Rule R-9.6710 as hereinafter <br />set forth is necessary in order to provide direction in meeting the requirements of the Eugene Code, <br />1971. <br />Based on the above findings, I hereby propose to adopt the following: <br />STANDARDS FOR GEOLOGICAL AND GEOTEC)FINICAL ANALYSIS <br />ADMINISTRATIVE RULE R-9.6710. <br />R-9.6710 A Definitions. <br />As used in this Rule, the following words and phrases are defined as follows: <br />Complez Project: A development proposal that is required to be approved through <br />a. site review, conditional use permit, planned unit development, subdivision or partition, <br />and/or is located in an azea having any of the following'geographic constraints: (a) slopes <br />greater than ten (10) percent; (b) wetlands or springs; (c) expansive soils; (d) seismic risk; <br />or (e) previous land use activities that negatively impact the stability of the site. <br />Design Area: Soil areas within the development site with material and groundwater <br />characteristics similar in both physical properties and vertical and horizontal distribution. <br />Engineering design and construction capabilities and constraints are the same throughout a <br />design area and may be randomly distributed throughout the development site. <br />~~ Administrative Order - 1 <br />rladminord~rules\02geotechlao.wpd(09/05/02) <br />