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EXHIBIT A B. Existing public facilities and services (water and sewer lines, etc.); C. Parcel size and ownership patterns of the exception area and adjacent lands: Consideration of parcel size and ownership patterns shall include an analysis of how the existing development pattern came about and whether findings against the Goals were made at the time of partitioning or subdivision. Past land divisions made without application of the Goals do not in themselves demonstrate irrevocable commitment of the exception area. Only if development (e.g., physical improvements such as roads and underground utilities) on the resulting parcels or other factors makes unsuitable their resource use or the resource use of nearby lands can the parcels be considered to be irrevocably committed. Resource and non-resource parcels created pursuant to the applicable goals shall not be used to justify a committed exception. For example, the presence of several parcels created for non-farm dwellings or an intensive commercial agricultural operation under the provisions of an exclusive farm use zone cannot be used to justify a committed exception for land adjoining those parcels. ii. Existing parcel sizes and contiguous ownership shall be considered together in relation to the land's actual use. For example, several contiguous undeveloped parcels (including parcels separated only by a road or highway) under one ownership shall be considered as one farm or forest operation. The mere fact that small parcels exist does not in itself constitute irrevocable commitment. Small parcels in separate ownerships are not likely to be irrevocably committed if they stand alone amidst larger farm or forest operations, or are buffered from such operations. D. Neighborhood and regional characteristics; E. Natural or manmade features or other impediments separating the exception area from adjacent resource land. Such features or impediments include but are not limited to roads, watercourses, utility lines, easements, or rights-of- way that effectively impede practicable resource use of all or part of the exception area; F. Physical Development according to OAR 660-004-025; and G. Other relevant factors. 10. The Applicant argues that the exception area is characterized by existing development that is not being farmed due to soils and topography. No immediately adjacent parcels ZC/CP 20-003- RECOMMENDATION - 7 M.F. BAKKE, ET AL