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Marion County DPW notes that access from Silverton Road will be consolidated with the neighboring property. A driveway permit from Public Works is required. With a condition of approval requiring a driveway permit, this policy will be met. CONCLUSION: Residential use of the subject property would be difficult, given the existing development and long standing commercial use. SACP policies are met for commercial use of the property at its current type and level of activity. Applicant suggests applying a limited use overlay zone to the site to help ensure compatibility issues are adequately addressed. With use of a limited use overlay as discussed below, and conditions of approval as discussed above, MCUZO 43.02(a) will be satisfied. 6. The SACP does not contain information on the need for land designated Multi -Family Residential or Commercial. As noted in comments from the City of Salem, the City has had an identified shortage of Multi -Family Residential land. The City of Salem studied ways to accommodate its long term multi -family residential land requirements, but did not provide specific information on the amount of shortfall, and its strategy for meeting its need. The City remarked simply that the Marion County Board of Commissioners voted to remove 75 acres the City had identified for multiple family housing outside the Salem city limits. The City contends that removal of any property from the multifamily inventory is not consistent with the projected need for multifamily land. The City does not comment on the need for additional commercial land. Applicant attempted to obtain information on the existing lands inventory from the City of Salem, and was referred to the Marion/Salem data center. The data center was unable to give up to date information on land designated for multiple family use. The information supplied by the data center was for 1997. No vacant lands information was available. The figures are broken down into two categories, inside the city limits and inside the UGB. The inside the UGB category appears to include lands within the city limits. The figures appear to be based on zoning rather than comprehensive plan designation. UD land is reserved for a variety of urban development, and is not limited to future residential use. The figures obtained do not reflect designated future uses. Needed and current Multi -Family Residential and Commercial acreage was not provided. It seems less than genuine for the City of Salem to complain that any reduction in Multi -Family Residential designated land will undermine its multiple family land needs when applicant cannot obtain information from the City on how much multiple family land is needed and how much is available. Still, in general, it does not make sense to remove land from a designation that has been ZC/CPO1-1\0RDER - 14 LUNDEEN