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All other commenting agencies stated no objection to the proposal. 7. The criteria for reviewing lot line adjustments within an EFU zone are listed in Section 17.136.090(C) of the Marion County Code (MCC). These criteria are as follows: (a) When one or more lots or parcels subject to a proposed property line adjustment are larger than the minimum parcel size pursuant to MCC 17.136.090(A)(1), the same number of lots or parcels shall be as large or larger than the minimum parcel size after the adjustment. When all lots or parcels subject to the proposed adjustment are as large or larger than the minimum parcel size, no lot or parcel shall be reduced below the applicable minimum parcel size. If all lots or parcels are smaller than the minimum parcel size before the property line adjustment, the minimum parcel size pursuant to this section does not apply to those lots or parcels. (b) If the minimum parcel size in MCC 17.136.090(A)(1) is larger than 80 acres, and a lot or parcel subject to property line adjustment is smaller than the minimum parcel size but larger than 80 acres, the lot or parcel shall not be reduced in size through property line adjustment to less than 80 acres. (c) Any property line adjustment shall result in a configuration of lots or parcels that are at least as suitable for commercial agriculture as were the parcels prior to the adjustment. (d) A property line adjustment may not be used to: 1. Decrease the size of a lot or parcel that, before the relocation or elimination of the common property line, is smaller than the minimum lot or parcel size for the applicable zone and contains an existing dwelling or is approved for the construction of a dwelling, if the abutting vacant tract would be increased to a size as large as or larger than the minimum tract size required to qualify the vacant tract for a dwelling; 2. Decrease the size of a lot or parcel that contains an existing dwelling or is approved for construction of a dwelling to a size smaller than the minimum lot or parcel size, if the abutting vacant tract would be increased to a size as large as or larger that the minimum tract size required to qualify the vacant tract for a dwelling; or 3. Allow an area of land used to qualify a tract for a dwelling based on an acreage standard to be used to qualify another tract for a dwelling if the land use approval would be based on an acreage standard. 8. According to MCC 17.136.090(A)(1) the minimum lot size for a parcel in an EFU zone is calculated as follows: (a) All parcels wholly or in part within 500 feet of the subject parcel shall be identified. (b) The average (mean) size of all parcels larger than 40 acres identified in paragraph (a) of this subsection shall be determined. (c) The acreage size calculated in paragraph (b) of this subsection, rounded to the nearest 10 acres, is the minimum parcel size, unless such parcel size is less than 80 acres, in which case the minimum parcel size is 80 acres. In this instance the average calculated parcel size is 187.72 acres (375.44 acres/2 parcels), therefore, the minimum parcel size for this proposal is 180 acres under provisions of 8 above. 9. The largest parcel involved in this property line adjustment is 113.45 acres in size and the smallest parcel is 1.27 acres. The adjustment results in a 112.6 acre parcel and a 2.16 acre parcel. The adjustment results in the same number of parcels below the minimum parcel size as existed prior to the adjustment. Therefore, under the proposal, the situation will remain unchanged, and the request meets the criteria in 7 (a) and (b). 10. As proposed, the small size of the adjustment, 0.89 acres, does not appear to impact the ability of the land to be farmed. The larger piece would still be 112.6 acres and part of a commercial farm operation. The criterion in 7(c)