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EXHIBIT A FINDINGS AND CONCLUSIONS Case No. CP/ZC/P 21-005 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The Applicant requests a Zone Change from EFU (Exclusive Farm Use) to AR-2 (Acreage Residential - 2- acre minimum) and to change the Comprehensive Plan Designation from Agriculture to Residential with exceptions to Goal 3 (Agricultural Lands) and 14 (Urbanization) on 8 acres of an 85.60-acre parcel on property located in the 2700 block of Enchanted View Lane, SE Salem (the "Property"): The Applicant has satisfied the relevant approval criteria, including the requirements for an irrevocably committed exception to Goals 3 and 14, a comprehensive plan amendment, a zone change, and the Board approves the Application. The Applicant has provided substantial evidence to find that uses allowed by Goal 3 on the 8-acre Exception Area, are impracticable, and that adjacent lands/uses have irrevocably committed the Exception Area to uses not allowed by Goal 3. I. FINDINGS OF FACT The Board, after careful consideration of the testimony and evidence in the record, issues the following findings of fact: 1. The Application is presented on behalf of Enchanted Ridge Property Owner's Association to change the zone from EFU (Exclusive Farm use) to AR-2 (Acreage Residential- 2 Acre Minimum) on 8 acres of an 85.60-acre parcel, with exceptions to Goal 3 (Agricultural Land) and Goal 14 (Urbanization) on property located in the 2700 block of Enchanted View Lane SE, Salem (Township 8 South; Range 3 West; Section 36; tax lot 400). 2. The Property is located 600 feet east of Enchanted Way SE south of Delaney Road SE, and west of Parrish Gap Rd SE. The Property is unimproved and has Enchanted View Lane SE going from the west end of the parcel to the east where Enchanted View Way meets with Valley Way SE. The Property is currently being farmed and is specially assessed on 77.47 acres for agriculture by the Marion County Tax Assessor's Office. The remaining 8.13 acres have been disqualified from special assessment. Soils on the subject parcel are mapped by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) as Jory (JoC), McAlpin (MaA), Nekia (NeF), and Silverton (SuC) Class II and III silt loam soils that are defined as high value for agriculture. Approximately 2% of the soils are Class VI Silverton (SuC), which is defined as non -high value. 3. The Property is located within a Sensitive Groundwater Overlay zone. The Property was created in 2009 by Partition Plat 2009-043 and is a legal parcel for land use purposes. 4. Surrounding properties to the north, west and south are zoned AR (Acreage Residential) and are composed of small sized lots in rural residential use. Property to the east is zoned EFU and is in farm production, a portion of the easterly lots are zoned AR and developed with rural residential lots and homes. 5. Initially, the Applicant stated that the "ultimate goal" of the proposal is to create four new 2.0- Exhibit A - Findings Case No. CP/ZC 21-005 1 4864-0600-7078, v. 3