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555 Court St. NE, 2nd 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 3 of Partitioning Plat No. 2001-65. Surrounding properties to the north and east are zoned AR and consist of rural residential lots. Property to the west and south is zoned SA (SPECIAL AGRICULTURE) and is devoted to forest use. The applicant proposes to divide an 8.659 acre parcel into three parcels containing 2.0 acres, 2.0 acres, and 4.659 acres each. The property is undeveloped. Access to the proposed parcels will be via a newly created easement across an existing parcel to the east. The new easement will also serve the easterly parcel of a partitioning filed by the applicant for the adjacent parcel (tax lot 902) that is currently under review (P02-21). The new easement will serve a total of 4 residential parcels and constitute a realignment and renaming of Fern Forest Lane S that was created by P99-1. Fern Forest Lane S will continue to serve one of the parcels created by P02-21. 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: The partition will create two new lots and the original house that will be severed off a public easement to River Springs Road. This easement will also serve one lot created by Partition P 02-21. All the lots shall enter into a road maintenance agreement to maintain the road.