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approved by the County shall be provided. (8) Parking lot signing approved by the County shall be provided. (9) No gravel parking area shall exceed 15,000 square feet. (10) A landscaped area at least five feet in depth, which may include the required screening, shall be provided along the perimeter of each gravel parking area. (11) All access to streets shall conform to the provisions of the required driveway permit issued by the Marion County Department of Public Works. (12) The graveled parking is approved in writing by the appropriate city if located outside of a sewer or water district. 9. The applicant would need to meet the requirements above. The applicant states that the temporary parking lot would be used three to four months out of the year. They expect to have it paved within five years. They would need to renew the permit annually until the five years expire. If, within five years, the parking lot is not paved and made permanent then the applicant should apply for another conditional use permit. The proposed parking lot is within 500 feet of the residential property across 45th Street, and greater than 15,000 square feet. The parking lot would have the needed surfacing, landscaping, wheel barriers, approved signage, and access to streets. The applicant meets all the above criteria except for (5) and (9). The applicant would need to apply for an adjustment to meet these criteria. 10. Prior to the construction of any vehicle parking facility for the use of 50 or more motor vehicles, or a parking facility that consists of two or more levels, notification shall be made by the developer to the State of Oregon Department of Environmental Quality. (MCUZO 30.08) This would be a condition of approval. 11. Major Adjustments are needed to the proposed parking lot setback standards and excessive size. As found in MCUZO 14.04, the following criteria shall be used to review and decide applications for major adjustments: (a) The degree of adjustment from the standard is the minimum necessary to permit development of the property for the proposed use; and (b) The adjustment will not have a significant adverse affect on property or improvements in the neighborhood of the subject property; and (c) The adjustment will not have a significant adverse affect upon the health or safety or persons working or residing in the vicinity; and (d) The adjustment will maintain the intent and purpose of the provision being varied. 12. The purpose of the proposal is to provide overflow parking at the beginning of each term. The need for additional parking is to resolve a problem with overflow parking along adjacent streets in the residential neighborhoods. It was at the suggestion of Marion County Public Works that this situation be resolved. The proposal would add parking spaces to be used on a temporary basis for approximately four weeks at the beginning of each term. The proposed parking lot would be approximately 273 spaces and 93,329 square feet. To place e the parking lot in an efficient manner the location would be on the northwest comer of 46 Street (County Road) and Fire Protection Lane (Private Road). The residential property on the east side of 46th Street is approximately 52 feet from the proposed parking spaces. The required distance is 500 feet. According to the applicant, there are 18,658 students enrolled for the fall term and 16,810 students enrolled for the winter term. The minimum parking space requirements for a