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FINDINGS AND CONCLUSIONS <br />: The findings and conclusions on which the Director based his <br />decision are noted below. <br /> <br />l. The subject properties are designated Primary Agriculture in the Marion County <br />Comprehensive Plan (MCCP). The major purpose of this designation and the corresponding <br />EFU (EXCLUSIVE FARM USE) zone is to promote the continuation of commercial <br />agricultural and forestry operations. <br /> <br />2. The property is located on the east side of Cascade Highway approximately 450 feet south of <br />Kaufman Road. The property contains two dwellings, one constructed in 1941 and located on <br />tax lot 401 and another constructed in 1915 located on tax lot 300. The development also <br />includes various accessory structures, wells, and septic systems. The property was approved <br />for a third residence as a secondary farm dwelling under Condition Use Case 82-38 (CU82-38). <br />The mobile home approved under CU82-38 has been removed from the property. The <br />applicant indicates that at least one of the existing dwellings will be replaced at a different <br />location of the property at a later date. <br /> <br />3 Adjacent property in all directions consists of property zoned EFU and in farm use. <br /> <br />4. Soil classification from the Soil Survey for Marion County Oregon. <br /> <br /> Soil # % of Parcel SCS Soil Class High Value? <br /> Tax lot 400 <br /> Stayton 83.9 VI N <br /> Nekia 16.2 III Y <br /> <br /> Tax lot 401 <br />Nekia 52.5 III Y <br /> Stayton 30.5 VI N <br /> Nekia 16.9 IV/VI N <br /> <br /> Tax lot 300 <br /> Stayton 100 VI N <br /> <br /> Tax lot 2200 <br />Nekia 80 III Y <br /> Stayton 19.9 VI N <br /> <br />5. Current resource use of the parcel (from Standard Industrial Class - SIC): <br /> Type 0013 Acres 92.8 Type 001 Acres 6.0 <br /> <br />6. The applicant proposed to adjust the property lines on a 1.8 acre parcel and a 69.68 acre parcel <br />to create a 3.48 acre parcel and a 68 acre parcel. However, staff research of deed history for the <br />properties revealed that the separation of tax lot 401 (Reel 2408; Page 135) and tax lot 2200 (Reel <br />2416; Page 195) from tax lot 400 on November 11, 2004 created an illegal subdivision of the two <br />parcels. <br /> <br /> Marion County adopted Subdivision and Partition ordinances that require County review and <br />approval for land divisions in 1962 (ORD 61), for certain major partitioning, and in 1976 (ORD <br /> <br />