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wildlife habitats and provides sufficient buffers between residences and nearby resources and public roadways. The Board also finds that the development furthers the policy of clustering residences since it is constrained to an approximate 65-acre parcel with lots averaging 12,359 square feet in size. 16. The Acreage Residential (AR)zone will be the predominant zone applied to the lands designated Rural Residential. A numerical suffix may be used to indicate the minimum lot size allowed in the zone. The Board finds that the majority of the rural residential development in this proposed subdivision is located within the AR zone and, therefore, this policy is met. 17. In rural areas mobile homes and manufactured dwellings will be allowed on the same basis as conventional site built single-family housing. The Board finds that this policy is not relevant to the proposed development because the applicant is not requesting mobile homes or manufactured dwellings. Rural Services Policies Rural service facilities are those services and facilities necessary to provide basic support systems for rural development. Rural development includes farm and forest related development, acreage residential development and rural commercial and industrial uses. General Policies 1. The impact on existing services and the potential need for additional facilities should be evaluated when rural development is proposed. The Board finds that the applicant has evaluated the impact on existing services and the potential need for additional facilities and also finds that the proposed development does not require the extension of costly utilities to the site, and does not impose inordinate additional net costs on public services such as police and fire protection. 2. It is the intent of Marion County to maintain the rural character of the areas outside of urban growth boundaries by only allowing those uses that do not increase the potential for urban services. This county policy is intended to implement Goal 11 and Goal 14 by requiring urban levels of development to occur within urban areas and not allowing urban services outside of urban growth boundaries. The Board has adopted findings in Section IX above, identifying the reasons why the policies and standards of Goal 11 and Goal 14 should not apply to the present application, and explaining why the proposed development meets the applicable exception criteria. Therefore, this policy implementing Goal 11 and Goal 14 is not relevant to this application. 3. Only those facilities and services that are necessary to accommodate planned rural land uses should be provided unless it can be shown that the proposed service will not encourage development inconsistent with maintaining the rural density and character of the area. 4. The sizing of public or private service facilities shall be based on maintaining the rural character of the area. Systems that cannot be cost effective without exceeding the rural densities specified in this Plan shall not be approved. The County shall coordinate with private utilities to ensure that rural development can be serviced efficiently. -20-