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c. Services that need to pass through agricultural lands... [Remaining language omitted. This does not apply to this proposal.] d. Forest and open spaces uses should be permitted... [Remaining language omitted. This does not apply to this proposal.] 13. The non -farm uses proposed would be on parcels 1.84 size and 1.73 acres in size in an area already characterized by rural residential homesites. No extension of services are proposed or would be required if this proposal were approved and no services would need to pass through agricultural land. Open space uses, such as farming, would be able to continue on the surrounding parcels if the partition and dwellings were approved. The criteria in 12 are met. 14. Land division also has to be reviewed under the criteria in ORS 215.263 (1975): a. Any proposed division of land included within an excusive farm use zone resulting in the creation of one or more parcels of land of 10 or more acres in size may be reviewed and approved or disapproved by the governing body of the county in which such land is situated. The governing body of a county by ordinance of regulation may require such prior review and approval for such divisions of land within exclusive farm use zones established within the county. b. Any proposed division of land included within an exclusive farm use zone resulting in the creation of one or more parcels of land of less than 10 acres in size shall be reviewed and approved or disapproved by the governing body of the county within which such land is situated. c. If the governing body of a county initiates a review as provided in subsection (1) or (2) of this section, it shall not approve any proposed division of land unless it finds that the proposed division of land is in conformity with the legislative intent set forth in ORS 215.243. d. This section shall not apply to land divided by lien foreclosure or court ordered partitioning, included but not limited to partitioning by testate or intestate succession, or to the creation or sale of cemetery lots, if a cemetery is within the boundaries designated for a farm use zone at the time the zone is established. 15. The county is reviewing the proposal because the proposed parcels are each smaller than 10 acres in size. A determination of whether the proposal complies with ORS 215.243 follows in item 16 below. 16. ORS 215.263 (c) requires the proposal be consistent with ORS 215.243: a. Open land used for agricultural use is an efficient means of conserving natural resource that constitute an important physical, social, aesthetic and economic asset to all of the people of this state, whether living in rural, urban or metropolitan areas of the state. b. The preserving of a maximum amount of the limited supply of agricultural land is necessary to the conservation of the state's economic resources and the preservation of such land in large blocks is necessary in maintaining the agricultural economy of the state and for the assurance of adequate, healthful and nutritious food for the people of this state and nation. c. Expansion of urban development into rural areas is a matter of public concern because of the unnecessary increases in costs of community services, conflicts between farm and urban activities and the loss of open space and natural beauty around urban centers occurring as the result of such expansion.