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zone provided certain criteria and standards are met. For which dwelling criteria apply to a specific proposal, the predominant use of the tract [farm or forest] on January 1, 1993 must first be determined. Based on information provided by the applicants and County Assessor’s records, the subject property was in timber production on the above-referenced date. 6.The applicant initially applied for a ‘Lot of Record’ dwell- ing. One of the primary criterion for this type of dwelling, however, is that the “parcel on which the dwelling will be sited was...acquired and continuously owned by the present owner...since prior to January 1, 1985.” During review of this request, Planning Division staff discovered Mr. and Mrs. Blamer purchased the property on February 17, 1987. This criterion, therefore, could not be satisfied. Once notified of this fact, the applicant requested ‘the original applica- tion be changed from a lot of record application to a template dwelling application.’ 7.A single-family dwelling, subject to the Special Use and Siting Requirements in Section 139.070, may be allowed on a lot or parcel predominantly devoted to forest use on January 1, 1993, provided: (a)The tract on which the dwelling will be sited does not include a dwelling. Tract means all contiguous lands in the same ownership. A tract shall not be considered to consist of less than the required acreage because it is crossed by a public road or waterway. (b)No dwellings are allowed on other lots or parcels that make up the tract, and the other lots or parcels in the tract cannot be used to justify another forest dwelling. Evidence must be provided that covenants, conditions and restrictions have been recorded with the County Clerk of the county or counties where the property is located for any other lot or parcel within the subject tract. (c)The lot or parcel is: (1)Predominantly composed of soils that are capable of producing 0 to 49 cubic feet per acre per year of wood fiber, and there are within a 160-acre square centered on the center of the subject tract all or part of at least three other lots or parcels that existed on January 1, 1993, and at least three dwellings that existed on January 1, 1993 and continue to exist; or