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APPEAL PROCEDURE: The Marion County Zoning Ordinance provides that Administrative Review applications be considered first by the County Planning Director. If there is any doubt that the application conforms with adopted land use policies and regulations the Director must deny the application. Any interested person who disagrees with the Director's decision may appeal the decision to the Marion County Heatings Officer. The applicant may also request a reconsideration (one time only and a fee of $200.00) on the basis of new information subject to signing an extension of the 150 day time limit for review of zoning applications. A public heating is held on appeals subject to the appellant paying a $250.00 fee. Appeals must be in writing (Appeal Form available from the Planning Division) and be received in the Marion County Planning Division, 555 Court St. NE, 2nd Floor, Salem, by 4:30 p.m. on DECEMBER 23~ 2002. Please note an appeal directly to the Land Use Board of Appeals is not allowed under ORS 197.830. If you have any question about this application or the decision please call 588-5038 or visit the CountyPlanningOfficeattheaboveaddress. This decision is effective DECEMBER24,2002 unless appealed. FINDINGS AND CONCLUSIONS: The findings and conclusions on which the Director based his decision are noted below. The subject property is designated Primary Agriculture in the Marion County Comprehensive Plan. The primary intent of this designation and the corresponding EFU (EXCLUSIVE FARM USE) zone is to pr_om0t~the continuation ofc0mmercial agriculture activity in the Tl~e Subj e~property is i~C~ted at 10264 Silver Falls Highway SE, Aumsville to the north and south of Silver Falls Highway. The property is described by deed as far back as April 9, 1946 when a deed (Book 343, Page 312) was signed conveying the property as a separately described parcel. At that time, there were no requirements for this kind of land division; therefore, the subject parcel was legally created. 3. Surrounding properties consist of fanning operations in an EFU zone. Soil # % of Parcel SCS Soil Class High Value Jory (JOB, JoC) 39 II Y Nekia (NEB, NeC) 34 1I, III Y Slakum (SIB) 11 II Y Witzel (WtE) 2 V1 N Water (W) 1 NA NA Current resource use of the parcel (from Standard Industrial Class - SIC): Type 013 Acres 270 Type 001 Acres 6 The applicants are proposing to divide a 276-acre parcel into two parcels containing approximately 150 acres and 125 acres each.