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proposed resort will be situated on only approximately 65 acres of the 464-acre site, and will be buffered from adjacent uses by open space and forestland. C. OAR 660-004-0022 This administrative rule supplements OAR 660-004-0020 by providing examples of the types of reasons that may be relied upon to justify an exception to Goal 11 for certain types of uses. (a) For uses not specifically provided for in subsequent sections of 660-004 or 660-014 the reasons shall justify why the state Policy embodied in the applicable goal should not apply. Such reasons include but are not limited to the following: (1) There is a demonstrated need for the proposed use or activity based on one or more of the requirements of Statewide Goals 3 to 19; and either (2) A resource upon which the proposed use or activity is dependent can be reasonably obtained only if the proposed exception site and the use or activity requires a location near the resource. An exception based on this subsection must include an analysis of the market area to be served by the proposed use or activity and must demonstrate that the proposed exception site is the only one within that market area at which the resource depended upon can reasonably be obtained; or (3) The proposed use or activity has special features or qualities that necessitate its location on or near the proposed exception site. The demonstrated need for this proposed use is established above in Section IX.A of these findings, which are incorporated here by reference. The need for the use was demonstrated in the 1982 approval in findings adopted by Marion County and acknowledged by LCDC, and is even more relevant today since the golf course component of the proposed resort has been fully developed at this location pursuant to those earlier acknowledged decisions. With the completion and ongoing operation of the golf component of the project, the only location at which the remainder of the project can reasonably be accommodated is immediately adjacent to the golf course facility. Therefore, pursuant to OAR 660-004-0022(a)(3), the developed golf course constitutes the "special features or qualities" that necessitates locating the residential and commercial component of the proposed resort immediately adjacent to the existing golf course. Additionally, OAR 660-004-0022(1)provides that one example of a reason that can be relied upon to establish the justification for an exception is that the exception will enable a local government to meet one or more of its planning obligations. Such obligations can be found in both the Statewide Planning Goals and in the county's acknowledged comprehensive plan. The requested exceptions are necessary to allow a use that has been identified as an essential means by which the county can meet its requirements under Goal 8 and Goal 9, and implementing policies of the Marion County Comprehensive Plan, in order to provide needed outdoor recreational opportunities and to achieve the county's goals of diversification and stabilization of the local economy. The Board finds that the requested exceptions are necessary in order to provide needed outdoor recreational opportunities and to achieve the county's goals of diversification and stabilization of the local economies. X. COMPREHENSIVE PLAN POLICIES Under Marion County Code 172.70, the issuance of conceptual approval for this proposed development in 1982 indicates that this subdivision, in the general manner and density proposed, is -16-