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Unless otherwise provided for in the Auburn City Code, the burden of proof before the hearing examiner shall be as follows:

A. Appeal Hearings. The applicant/appellant shall have the burden of proof, by a preponderance of the evidence, as to material factual issues except where applicable city code provisions or state law provides otherwise.

B. Land Use Application Hearings. For an application to be approved, a preponderance of the evidence presented at the hearing must support the conclusion that the application meets the legal decision criteria that apply.

C. Code Enforcement Hearings. The city shall have the burden of proving, by a preponderance of the evidence, that a code violation has occurred and that the proposed corrective action is reasonable. (Ord. 6442 § 31, 2012.)