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please call 588-5038 or visit the County Planning Office at the above address. This decision is effective OCTOBER 20, 2005 unless further consideration is requested. FINDINGS AND CONCLUSIONS: The findings and conclusions on which the Director based his decision are noted below. 1. The property is in the Salem/Keizer Urban Growth Boundary (UGB) and is designated Single Family Residential in the Salem Area Comprehensive Plan (SACP). The parcel is zoned RS (SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL) under the jurisdiction of Marion County. 2. The property is located on the east side of 45th Avenue NE, approximately 235 feet north of the intersection of Marguerite Street and 45th Avenue. The property contains a single- family dwelling and accessory structure. The parcel was legally created as Parcel 1 of Partitioning Case 90-55 (P90-55). 3. Properties to the north, south, and east are low density residential subdivisions that are zoned RS. Chemeketa Community College is located to the west and zoned P (PUBLIC). 4. The applicant proposes to divide a 20,782 square foot parcel into three lots of 6,000 square feet, 6,000 square feet, and 8,755 square feet each. The existing dwelling will remain on the easterly parcel, and the newly created vacant parcels will be available for development. As proposed, the applicants indicated access to the new parcels via an access easement. The applicant submitted a revised site plan to reconfigure the lots in order to meet access as well as dwelling setback standards for the existing and proposed development. Marion County Department of Public Works reviewed the proposal and provided the following comments: "Approval of the proposal will create an additional home sites on the subject property resulting in additional traffic on 45th Avenue. The Public Works Department has the following comments, requirements, and recommendations for the proposed partition: STREETS 45th Avenue is currently a turnpike section; this does not meet County standards for a local urban street. The developer shall construct a half street improvement along their frontage on 45th Avenue to include: widen the existing road width to a seventeen -foot paved half -street improvement, curb and gutter, tapers and transitions to the existing property line sidewalk, and storm drainage elements as required. All improvements shall be built to Marion County Engineering and Construction Standards. In accordance with Marion County Driveway Ordinance #651, driveway permits will be required for any new access or change in existing access to the public right-of-way. Through the building permit process, the applicant shall be required to apply for a driveway permit and construct any improvements required by the