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OAR 660-004-0028(6)(d) concerns neighborhood and regional characteristics. The <br /> applicant states that development of the proposed exception area would be consistent <br /> with neighborhood and regional characteristics. The farm and nonfarm uses just off <br /> Shank Road from Whiskey Hill Road are well established, along with the current <br /> contractor business on Tax Lot 800. Use of the exception area would be a continuation <br /> and modest expansion of the current established rural industrial use. According to the <br /> applicant, location of the new property line that would form the northern border of the <br /> proposed exception area would be best for the neighborhood characteristics by providing <br /> Tax Lot 400 with an additional 2 acres of land. <br /> OAR 660-004-0028(6)(e) concerns natural or man-made features or other <br /> impediments separating the exception area from adjacent resource land. In addition to the <br /> existing parcel pattern separating the proposed exception from adjacent resource land, <br /> Shank Road separates the proposed exception area from farm uses to the west. The only <br /> commercial farm use adjacent to the proposed exception area is the large commercial <br /> grass seed parcel to the east (Tax Lot 100). In addition to a berm and row of planted <br /> Redwood trees, there is a drainage ditch and farm access road along the border that <br /> separates the proposed exception area from the commercial farm use. <br /> OAR 660-004-0028(6)(f) concerns physical development. Although the parcel to <br /> the south (Tax Lot 800) was the subject of a physically developed exception, the subject <br /> 5-acre property is not currently physically developed. <br /> OAR 660-004-0028(6)(e) concerns other relevant factors. Although the proposed <br /> exception area is made up of Class II soils, the applicant explains that it would be a <br /> significant challenge to get the property ready for farming. As discussed later, the <br /> applicant retained the Oregon State University (OSU) Extension Service to conduct a <br /> review of the soils for potential farming use. The OSU Extension Service report explains <br /> CP/ZC/PLA 21-001-RECOMMENDATION- 1 l <br /> WING PROPERTIES,LLC <br />