Or. Admin. Code § 340-071-0430

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 12, December 1, 2024

Section 340-071-0430 - Variance Hearings and Decisions

(1) A variance officer must hold a public information hearing on each variance application for a for cause or hardship variance within 30 days after receiving a completed application.

(2) The hearing must be held in the county where the property described in the application is located.

(3) The applicant must demonstrate the variance is warranted.

(4) The variance officer must visit the site of the proposed system before conducting the hearing.

(5) The variance officer or, for hardship variances, the commission, must grant or deny the variance within 45 days after the hearing is completed. A decision to grant a variance must include the specifications and conditions of the variance and the location of the onsite system.

(6) Except for hardship variances under OAR 340-071-0420, variances run with the land.

Or. Admin. Code § 340-071-0430

DEQ 10-1981, f. & ef. 3-20-81; DEQ 11-2004, f. 12-22-04, cert. ef. 3-1-05; DEQ 15-2017, amend filed 10/31/2017, effective 11/1/2017

Statutory/Other Authority: ORS 454.625 & 468.020

Statutes/Other Implemented: ORS 454.660