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A public hearing is held on appeals subject to the appellant paying a $250.00 fee. Requests for reconsideration, or consideration by the Hearings Officer, must be in writing (Appeal Form available from the Planning Division) and be received in the Marion County Planning Division, 555 Court St. NE, 2na Floor, Salem, by 4:30 p.m. on NOVEMBER 5, 2002. If you have any question about this application or the decision please call 588-5038 or visit the County Planning Office at the above address. This decision is effective NOVEMBER 6~ 2002 unless further consideration is requested. FINDINGS AND CONCLUSIONS: The findings and conclusions on which the Director based his decision are noted below. The property is designated Rural Residential in the Marion County Comprehensive Plan. The purpose of this designation and the corresponding AR (Acreage Residential) zone is to allow for the creation of acreage homesites at a density that maintains the character and environmental quality of the County's rural residential areas. The property is also located in a Sensitive Groundwater Overlay Zone (SGO~5) as well as a Geologically Hazardous Areas Overlay Zone. The subject parcel is located on the west side of River Springs Drive S, approximately ½ mile south of its intersection with Vitae Springs Road S. It is currently vacant land. The parcel was lawfully created with Marion County approval of Partitioning Case//99-1 and is recorded as Parcel 2 of Partitioning Plat No~ 2001-65. ¸3. Surrounding properties to the north, east and south are zoned AR and consist of rural residential lots. Property to the west is zoned SA (SPECIAL AGRICULTURE) and is devoted to forest use. The applicant proposes to divide a 4.36 acre parcel into two parcels containing 2.18 acres and 2.18 acres each. The property is undeveloped. Access to the proposed easterly parcel will be via a newly created easement across the properties to the east and north. The new easement will also serve a partitioning filed by the applicant for the adjacent parcel (tax lot 903) that is currently under review (P02-22). The new easement will constitute realignment and renaming of Fern Forest Lane S that was created by P99-1. The applicant states that the proposed westerly parcel is to access from an existing easement also shown on P99-1 as an extension of Fern Forest Lane and will serve only one parcel. Subsequently, an existing portion of Fern Forest Lane S will continue to serve the newly created westerly parcel. It should be noted that the property is heavily wooded, and excessive topographic limitations exist at the site. Marion County Department of Public Works reviewed the proposal and provided the following comments: "Approval of the proposed partition will create an additional home site on the subject property resulting in additional traffic on River Springs Rd. The following requirements address impacts created by approval of the proposed partition: