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Marion County Building Department commented: “No Building Inspection concerns with property line adjustment. Permit(s) would be required for potential development and/or utilities installation on private property, if applicable.” Marion County Assessor’s Office provided information regarding taxes on the subject properties. All other contacted agencies either failed to comment or stated no objection to the proposal. 7. The criteria for reviewing lot line adjustments within a TC zone are listed in chapter 17.138.080(B) of the MCC. These criteria are as follows: 1. Parcels larger than 80 acres may not be reduced to below 80 acres. No parcels are over 80 acres. This criterion does not apply. 2. Parcels smaller than 80 acres may be reduced or enlarged provided: a. If the tract does not include a dwelling and does not qualify for a dwelling under MCC 17.138.030(A) or (B), any reconfiguration after November 4, 1993, cannot in any way enable the lot or parcel to meet the criteria for a new dwelling under MCC 17.138.030(A) or (B). b. Except as provided in subsection (B)(2)(c) of this section, a lot or parcel that is reduced will be better suited for management as part of a commercial forest; and if capable of producing 5,000 cubic feet per year of commercial tree species will not be reconfigured so that the cubic feet per year capability of the lot or parcel is reduced. c. A lot or parcel may be reduced to the minimum size necessary for the use if the lot or parcel: i. Was approved as a non-farm or non-forest parcel; or ii. Is occupied by an approved non-farm or non-forest dwelling; or iii. More than half of the parcel is occupied by a use in MCC 17.138.020 or 17.138.040 other than a dwelling or farm or forest use; or iv. The lot or parcel is occupied by a dwelling established before January 1, 1994, and is not capable of producing 5,000 cubic feet per year of commercial tree species (see MCC 17.138.120(B) for definition). Both of the subject parcels contain dwellings. The proposal is to reduce tax lot 500 to 3.4-acres around the existing homesite and consolidate the agricultural land on the other parcel comprised on tax lot 100 & 400. The dwelling on tax lot 500 was established in 1973. This parcel is made up almost entirely of McCully Clay Loam soils with slopes ranging from 2-70%. All slope values of McCully Clay Loam are capable of producing 171 cubic feet of per acre, per year of commercial tree species. Tax lot 500 is 20.1-acres and could therefore produce a maximum of 3,437 cubic board feet per year. This calculation ignores the acreage already dedicated to the homesite, but it is still below the standard production capacity of 5,000 cubic feet per year which would limit reduction of the parcel size in the TC zone. Therefore, the reduction of tax lot 500 complies with MCC 17.138.030(B)(2)(c)(iv). The criterion is met. d. A property line adjustment may not be used to: i. 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; ii. 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