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Rural Industrial Policy 2 provides: "Rural industries should be compatible with existing development and farm or forest uses in the vicinity, should not involve a large number of employees, should not require heavy truck traffic through residential areas or unimproved roads, and should not have the potential to exceed the environmental capacity of the site or require urban services." As discussed under the goal exception analysis, the proposed exception area would be compatible with existing development and farm and forest uses in the vicinity. The existing industrial use does not have a large number of employees, and even with a modest expansion it would still not have a large number of employees. The industrial use does not require heavy truck traffic through residential areas or unimproved roads as the business does not significantly employ or use large trucks and there are no residential areas or unimproved roads in the immediate vicinity of the property. Finally, the proposed use would not require an urban level of services or exceed the environmental capacity of the site as a well and on-site septic system would be adequate to serve the property. The application is consistent with Rural Industrial Policy 2. Rural Industrial Policy 3 provides: "A non-resource related industrial use should not be permitted on resource lands unless an evaluation of the relevant County and State goals and the feasibility of locating the proposed use in an urban growth boundary or rural non-resource lands show that the proposed site on resource lands is most suitable." The relevant County and state goals, in particular Goal 3, have already been addressed. The applicant must also show that it is not feasible to locate the proposed use inside an urban growth boundary or on rural nonresource lands. The applicant explains that expanding the existing use to a suitable location in the City of Hubbard urban growth CP/ZC/PLA 21-001-RECOMMENDATION-21 WING PROPERTIES,LLC