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EC 9.8305 Applicability. PUD approval is required for the proposed development because the property is zoned with a /PD overlay and because the property has site slopes that exceed 20 percent, between an elevation range of 500 and 701 feet, within the boundary of the South Hills Study. With regard to the /WR Water Resources overlay zone, the applicant states that Standards Review approval will be sought at a later date. EC 9.8310 General Application Requirements. With regard to the ownership requirements of EC 9.8310(1), the applicant states that the property west of the West Amazon Drive right-of-way is owned by South Park Associates, LLC and the property east of the right-of-way is owned by West Creek LLC. The applicants, Martin and Leslie Beverly, manage both LLC's. With regard to the project coordinator and professional design team requirements of EC 9.8310(2), the applicant's written statement requests a waiver of the professional design team requirements. EC 9.8310(2)(b) enables the Planning Director to waive any of the professionals listed in this section. Since the relevant approval criteria do not include an evaluation of vegetation, the Planning Director waived the requirement for an arborist. The applicant has not provided, and is not required to provide, conceptual building designs; therefore, the Planning Director also waived the requirement for an architect. The applicant's plans have not been certified by a civil engineer; however, the applicant has submitted a letter regarding the proposed development from Doug Weber, a registered civil engineer. The project team does not appear to include a land surveyor, although survey information has been submitted (as Exhibit A of the application materials). The project coordinator is a landscape architect, Carol Schirmer. Although not required by EC 9.8310(2), the applicant's professional team also includes Bill Kloos, Land Use Attorney. With regard to the phasing requirements at EC 9.8310(3), the application materials indicate that the proposed development will occur as a single phase. The density requirements of EC 9.8310(4) are addressed under the relevant approval criteria later in this report. Finally, with regard to the Needed Housing provision at EC 9.8310(5), the applicant is seeking approval under the Needed Housing criteria, rather than the General criteria. Application Referrals and Public Notice: The application materials confirm compliance with the requirements of EC 9.7005 Pre- application Conference and EC 9.7007 Neighborhood/Applicant Meetings, which were held on December 8, 2011 and January 10, 2012, respectively. Staff clarified the applicant's meeting notes of the pre-application conference in a letter dated December 20, 2011, which is included in the record. The applicant filed the application on March 19, 2012, consistent with EC 9.7010 Application Filing and staff conducted a completeness review of the application materials in accordance with EC 9.7015 Application Completeness Review. The staff completeness review comments, dated April 18, 2012, are included in the record. The applicant submitted revised application materials and exercised its statutory right to require the City to deem the application complete on May 11, 2012. The Eugene Planning Division provided information concerning this tentative PUD application to other appropriate City departments, public agencies, and service providers. Relevant referral Hearing Official Decision (PDT 10-2, CU 11-1) 7