I Creek's proposal for 75 lots would satisfy EC 9.8325(5). The hearings officer declined to <br />2 rely on the 20-foot contour interval slope map, and the planning commission affirmed that <br />3 decision. Record 12. <br />4 We agree with West Creek that a local government may not deny an application that <br />5 is otherwise complete merely for failure to provide the information required by the <br />6 application form or by the code. Caster v. Silverton, 54 Or LUBA 441, 450-51 (2007). Thus, <br />7 the city could not have denied the application solely because petitioner failed to provide a <br />8 slope map with 5-foot contours, as the application form requires, because such a slope map is <br />9 only an informational requirement. However, that is not what occurred here. What occurred <br />10 here is that the city requested that West Creek provide evidence regarding slopes on the <br />11 property based on 5-foot contour intervals, and based on that evidence provided by West <br />12 Creek, the city denied the 75-lot application but approved the alternate 47-lot application. <br />13 The city chose not to rely on other evidence provided by West Creek that measured slopes <br />14 using a different method. The city has discretion to rely on the evidence it chooses in making <br />15 its decision. Adler v. City of Portland, 25 Or LUBA 546, 554 (1993). That West Creek <br />16 desired that the city rely on different evidence to demonstrate slope on the property does not <br />17 provide a basis for reversal or remand of the decision. Younger v. City of Portland, 305 Or <br />18 346, 358-60 (1988). <br />19 2. ORS 197.307(4) <br />20 ORS 197.307(4) allows the city to apply only "clear and objective standards" to West <br />21 Creep's proposed PUD. See n 2. West Creels argues that EC 9.8325(5) is not a "clear and <br />22 objective standard * og because nothing in EC 9.8325(5) or the city's comprehensive plan <br />23 or other land use regulations specify how the applicant must demonstrate and how the city <br />24 determines the "portions" of a development site that exceed a 20 percent slope. According to <br />25 West Creep, EC 9.8325(5) is deeply ambiguous on this point. West Creep argues that while <br />26 the city's application form requests that slope be demonstrated using 5-foot contours, that is <br />Page 6 <br />