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currently smaller than the minimum lot size would remain smaller than 80-acres. The end result is the same number of parcels below the minimum lot size as prior to the adjustment. The criterion is met. 2. If the minimum parcel size in subsection (A)(1) of this section is larger than 80 acres, and a lot or parcel subject to property line adjustment is smaller than the minimum parcel size but larger than 80 acres, the lot or parcel shall not be reduced in size through property line adjustment to less than 80 acres. The local minimum lot size is not larger than 80-acres. The criterion does not apply. 3. Any property line adjustment shall result in a configuration of lots or parcels that are at least as suitable for commercial agriculture as were the parcels prior to the adjustment. The intention of the property line adjustment is to separate a homesite that is no longer the primary residence of the farm operator so that it can be sold independently from the farmable land. The current owners of both properties are involved in the same farming operation and primarily purchased the property for the fields to expand their operation. The farmed area within both parcels is expected and intended to remain the same, so the end result is a configuration that is just as suitable for commercial agriculture as before, albeit with one less operation than before. The criterion is met. 4. A property line adjustment may not be used to: a. Decrease the size of a lot or parcel that, before the relocation or elimination of the common property line, is smaller than the minimum lot or parcel size for the applicable zone and contains an existing dwelling or is approved for the construction of a dwelling, if the abutting vacant tract would be increased to a size as large as or larger than the minimum tract size required to qualify the vacant tract for a dwelling; b. Decrease the size of a lot or parcel that contains an existing dwelling or is approved for construction of a dwelling to a size smaller than the minimum lot or parcel size, if the abutting vacant tract would be increased to a size as large as or larger tha n the minimum tract size required to qualify the vacant tract for a dwelling; c. Allow an area of land used to qualify a tract for a dwelling based on an acreage standard to be used to qualify another tract for a dwelling if the land use approval would be based on an acreage standard; or d. Adjust a property line that resulted from a subdivision or partition authorized by a Measure 49 waiver so that any lawfully established unit of land affected by the property line adjustment is larger than the size granted by the waiver. Both lots involved in the proposed property line adjustment either have a currently standing dwelling or an approval for a replacement dwelling, and therefore are not “vacant” lots. The adjustment would not qualify either lot a dwelling based off an acreage standard, and none of the land on either parcel have been used to qualify a lot for a dwelling or were involved in a Measure 49 waiver. Therefore, the criteria above are met. 5. Any property line adjustment that results in an existing dwelling being located on a different parcel shall not be subject to the standards in MCC 17.136.030(A) so long as the adjustment: a. Does not increase any adverse impacts on the continued practice of commercial agriculture on the resulting parcels; b. Does not increase the potential number of dwellings on the resulting parcels; and c. Does not allow an area of land used to qualify a tract for a dwelling based on an acreage standard to be used to qualify another tract for a dwelling if the land use approval would be based on an acreage standard. The proposal would not result in an existing dwelling being located on a different lot or parcel. The criteria under section 5 do not apply.