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that was not adequately addressed by, the application of the initial goal exception. Applicant provided both maps and tables in Exhibit 104 depicting the Property as well as the surrounding area, covering a significant portion of the region while also providing detail regarding the adjacent properties. These materials show that since the application of the original Goal 3 exception in this area, the Homesites have become increasingly isolated by the adjacent development. Additionally, Applicant provided ownership information that shows that while initially the Homesites, east of Valley Way SE, and the adjacent property had been held under common ownership, the adjacent farm parcel along Parrish Gap Road has been sold several times over the intervening years •and there is no longer a continuity of ownership between the two farm properties. This lack of connection represents a further change in the relationship between the Homesites, the Farm Parcel, and the surrounding areas to the east, further isolating the Homesites. As such, the relationship between the Homesites and the surrounding properties has resulted in a configuration by which resource use on the Homesites is constrained in a way that was not intended and which has rendered resource use on the Homesites impracticable. 9. Existing.vublicfacilities and services. There are utility facilities and services in the area, including, Portland General Electric, Northwest Natural Gas, Wave Broadband, and Century Link that provide all the necessary services to the Homesites. Water is provided by domestic wells and sanitation is provided by septic systems. 10. Natural or Haan -made features. The steep slopes on the eastern portion of the Homesites separate the Homesites from the resource lands to the east. The paved roads, underground power, natural gas, broadband, and telephone lines all provide manmade features that physically separate the Homesites from the Farm Parcel to the west. 11. Physical Develornnelit according to OAR 660-004-0025. Applicant is not claiming a physically developed exception under OAR 660-004-0025; however, the Property is currently developed with paved roads, and underground power, natural gas, cable, broadband, and telephone service. 12. Other relevant factors. Other relevant factors include the unique location of the Homesites within the Enchanted Ridge development. This is a unique property in that a larger subdivision development was approved in 1972 which drove the exception taken to the statewide goals in 1980. 13. Applicant established in the Application that the adjacent properties were previously designated for acreage residential parcels. As part of that historical Goal 3 exceptions determination, additional setbacks were applied to ensure adequate buffering for the exception lands, including the residential parcels now within the Enchanted Ridge Property Owner's Association. However, these buffers have proven to be largely ineffective due to the configuration of the roadways through the portions of the Property that were built in order to provide access to the surrounding residential parcels as well as the utility lines that run along these roadways. The constraints these infrastructure improvements have on the proposed residential parcels severely constrain access to these parcels in a way that was not anticipated Exhibit A - Findings Case No. CP/ZC 21-005 9 4864-0600-7078, v. 3