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As discussed under the goal exception analysis, the proposed exception area is not needed to maintain or encourage agricultural production nor is it a large tract of land that could be used for large scale commercial agricultural production. The application is consistent with Agricultural Lands policy 2. Agricultural Lands Policy 3 provides: "Discourage development of non-farm uses on high-value farmland and ensure that if such uses are allowed that they do no[t] cause adverse impacts on farm uses." While the proposed exception area consists of high-value farmland, the proposed expansion of the industrial use would not cause adverse impacts on farm use. The existing industrial use has been in operation for some time and has not caused any adverse impacts on farm use, so I do not see that a modest expansion would cause any adverse impacts. As discussed earlier, the proposed exception area is largely separated from adjacent farm uses and would not adversely affect them. The application is consistent with Agricultural Lands Policy 3. There are three Rural Industrial Policies that potentially apply to the application. Rural Industrial Policy 1 provides: "Industrial uses in conjunction with farm or forest uses shall be evaluated to determine if they need to be located on resource lands or whether an equally suitable location is available in an urban area or on non-resource lands in a rural area." The applicant states that the existing industrial use and the proposed expansion of that use is not in conjunction with farm or forest uses. As the proposed use would not be "in conjunction with farm or forest uses," Rural Industrial Policy 1 does not appear to be applicable. ' As discussed later under Rural Industrial Policy 3, the applicant still must demonstrate that equally suitable locations are not available inside an urban growth boundary or on nonresource rural lands. CP/ZC/PLA 21-001—RECOMMENDATION-20 WING PROPERTIES,LLC