9.8025 Adjustment Review – General Requirements.
(1) Except as provided in subsections (2) and (3), the adjustment review application shall be prepared by one or more of the following professionals unless waived by the planning director::
(a) Oregon licensed architect.
(b) Oregon licensed civil engineer.
(c) Oregon licensed landscape architect.
(d) Oregon licensed land surveyor.
(2) An application for adjustment review under EC 9.8030(21) shall comply with the following:
(a) Unless waived by the planning director, the application shall be prepared by one or more of the following professionals:
1. Oregon licensed architect.
2. Oregon licensed civil engineer.
3. Oregon licensed landscape architect.
4. A professionally trained botanist or biologist, with sufficient training and experience in planning and design to evaluate consistency of the application with all applicable standards.
(b) Unless waived by the planning director, if the application is not prepared by a professionally trained botanist or biologist, one or more of the professionals preparing the application shall have sufficient professional expertise and training in field botany or related biological sciences to evaluate consistency of the application with application standards.
(c) The application shall include a site plan that shows sufficient detail and supporting information to demonstrate compliance with applicable standards. Unless waived by the planning director, the site plan shall be prepared by an Oregon licensed civil engineer or an Oregon licensed surveyor.
(d) The site plan and application shall be signed by each of the professionals preparing the application, certifying that the application is true and correct to the best of his or her professional ability, and that, if applicable, the professional standards of his or her profession have been met therein.
(3) Unless waived by the planning director:
(a) An application for adjustment review under EC 9.8030(25)(a) and (b) shall be prepared by one or more of the following professionals:
1. Oregon licensed architect;
2. Oregon licensed civil engineer;
3. Oregon licensed landscape architect; or
4. Oregon licensed land surveyor.
(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.