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at the time the original exception area was applied, making fanning on the areas isolated by these improvements impracticable for agricultural use. The Applicant makes an argument for the inability of the Homesites to be commercially farmed due to the location of the Homesites and because the Homesites are surrounded by non -farm uses. As of the date of the hearing, the area being retained as the Farm Parcel was being farmed for grass seed, and it has been in agricultural production since that time. The Homesites are "managed" by the tenant farmer but cannot be farmed. Testimony provided by the Applicant from the individual farming the Farm Parcel as well as from previous farm tenants discuss the impracticability of farming the proposed Homesites, identifying the constraints created by the infrastructure needed to support the uses on the adjacent lands as well as the geological constraints that make connection to the neighboring agricultural lands impassable. This testimony established that the Property has not been farmed as one 85.60-acre parcel since the development of the surrounding residential sites due to the limitations in accessibility that the adjacent uses have created. The testimony and maps of the area support a determination that there are smaller parcels that cannot be practicably farmed while providing a path to retain and farm the significantly larger 78-acre parcel, in line with the purpose and intent of Goal 3. Webster's Dictionary' defines Impracticable as: not practicable; incapable of being performed or accomplished by the means employed or at command. Better clarity is found in the synonyms = unworkable, unfeasible, not worth considering. While the Homesites qualify as Ag Land by definition, just like they did in 1980, they are unworkable, unfeasible and not worth considering, which is supported by the letters from Doerfler Farms, and by Cole Sandlin, the past and current farmers. Doerfler Farms used to lease the Property from the Updegrave Trust and they farmed it for years, in fact Kevin, Kent and Amy Doerfler the former owners of Doerfler Farms, bought the adjoining 72 ac. parcel to the east, from the Updegrave Trust (under K2A Properties, LLC), however, as more homes became established within Enchanted Ridge neighborhood, it became impracticable to farm the Property inside of the developed roads and Doerfler Farms gave up farming the entire Property as being unworkable. There are paved roads, there are buried public utilities along the roads serving the platted lots and the Exception Areas. There are 19 — and soon to be 20 rural residential homes that access the paved roads. There are steep slopes separating the Homesites on the east from the Doerfler farmed properties on the valley floor along Parrish Gap Road. The Exception Area for the rural residential lots are not practicable to farm and therefore qualify as irrevocably committed. The Exception Area for the farm parcel is practicable to farm and will remain as such. 14. DLCD commented that the Property is part of one of the largest continuous swaths of agricultural land in the area, however, this is incorrect. The Applicant provided testimony and Marion County's own geological hazard maps establish that the geological configurations of the proposed Exception Area in the "gap parcel" result in a natural break between the portion of the Property which is usable as agricultural lands and the adjacent agricultural land to the east, which is owned by K2A Properties, LLC. Applicant established through testimony from the adjacent property owner, who had for a time attempted to farm the Property, that farming the Homesites is impracticable for the types of agricultural uses that are commercially viable on the Property. Commercial viability (gross profitability) of resource use on a given property "Dictionary." Merria,n-Websier,com Dictionary, Merriam -Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dictionary. Accessed 9 Mar. 2022. Exhibit A - Findings Case No. CP/ZC 21-005 10 4864-0600-7078, v. 3