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9. When approving rural subdivisions and partitionings each parcel shall be approved as a dwelling site only if it is determined that the site: 1) has the capacity to dispose of wastewater; 2) is free from natural hazards or the hazard can be adequately corrected; 3) there is no significant evidence of inability to obtain a suitable domestic water supply; and 4) there is adequate access to the parcel. 10. All residential uses in rural areas shall have water supply and distribution systems and sewage disposal systems which meet prescribed standards for health and sanitation. 11. Rural residential subdivisions shall be required to have paved streets. The Board finds that these policies have been addressed elsewhere in these findings, including in conformance with applicable Marion County Code standards. Also, the proposed hotel will not be located in a natural hazard area and has adequate access. As explained in Section IX of these findings, the Board has found that water service for the hotel is feasible, and has conditioned its approval on the applicant's ability to provide adequate water supply and to obtain the necessary permit for a well. 12. Where a public or community service district exists, the extension of services within designated rural residential areas may be permitted. The district may be allowed to provide service extensions to lands outside the designated residential areas if necessary for health and safety reasons but the district shall only annex lands designated for residential use. 13. Where the use of community water supply systems are cost effective and there is not a service district able to provide the service they may be allowed. The availability of community water services shall not be considered justification for increasing the density of development beyond two acres per dwelling. The Board finds that these county policies are not relevant to this application because the applicant is not requesting annexation into a community service district. Additionally, the Board has adopted findings identifying the reasons why the policies and standards of Goal 14 should not apply to the present application, and explaining why the proposed development meets the applicable exception criteria. 14. In rural residential areas within one mile of an urban growth boundary, a redevelopment plan may be required as a condition of land division. The plan shall demonstrate that reasonable urban density development is possible should the urban growth boundary need to be expanded in the future. The proposed development is not within one mile of a UGB. 15. Where parcels of 20 acres or larger are suitable for rural residential development and previous nearby development does not create a precedent for conventional subdivision development, the developer shall be encouraged to cluster the residences through the planned development process to retain any resource use potential,preserve significant blocks of open space and wildlife habitat and to provide buffers between the residences and nearby resource uses and public roadways. The Board finds that this county policy is not stated as mandatory approval criteria,but creates aspirational goals directing the county to "encourage" clustering of residences to retain any resource use potential; as such,this general planning policy designed to "encourage" clustering in a certain location cannot be relied upon by the county as a means to deny the present subdivision application. In any event,the Board finds that the proposed development, through management practices created in conjunction with ODFW and other state and federal agencies, adequately preserves resources and -19-