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obtaining other permits or satisfying any restrictions or conditions thereon. It is recommended that the agencies mentioned in Finding # 6 below be contacted to identify restrictions or necessary permits. 6. Prior to recording the deed all taxes due must be paid to the Marion County Assessor Tax Section (contact them at (503) 588-5215 for verification of payments). APPEAL PROCEDURE: The Marion County Zone Code provides that certain applications be considered first by the County Planning Director. If there is any doubt that the application conforms with adopted land use policies and regula- tions the Director must condition or deny the application. Anyone who disagrees with the Director's decision may request that the application be considered by a Marion County hearings officer after a public hearing. The applicant may also request reconsideration (one time only and a fee of $200) on the basis of new information subject to signing an extension of the 150 day time limit for review of zoning applications. A public hearing is held on appeals subject to the appellant paying a $250.00 fee. Requests for reconsideration, or consideration by a hearings officer, must be in writing (form available from the Planning Division) and received in the Marion County Planning Division, 5155 Silverton Road NE, Salem, by 5:00 p.m. on December 6th, 2024. If you have questions about this decision, contact the Planning Division at (503) 588-5038 or at the office. This decision is effective December 9th, 2024, unless further consideration is requested. FINDINGS AND CONCLUSIONS: Findings and conclusions on which decision was based are noted below. 1. The subject properties are designated Primary Agriculture in the Marion County Comprehensive Plan and correspondingly zoned EFU (Exclusive Farm Use). The primary intent of both this designation and zone is to promote and protect commercial agricultural operations. 2. The properties are located at 19101 and 19111 River Road NE in St Paul, west of River Road and approximately 800 feet southwest of its intersection with Davidson Road. The larger parcel identified as Tax Lot 600 is a predominantly flat field in agricultural use with a slightly wooded area and two small streams running from south to north in the middle. The smaller parcel, identified as Tax Lot 800, contains a dwelling built in 1969 prior to land use planning regulations. Tax Lot 601 contains a farm dwelling that was established in a farm dwelling case in 1996 (FD96-007) by Marion County Planning. Tax lot 600 and tax lot 601 comprised one legal parcel as described by the farm dwelling case FD96-007. As such, they will be treated as one parcel for purposes of this property line adjustment. Both subject parcels are therefore considered legal for land use purposes. 3. Adjacent properties to the west of the parcels are on the other side of the Willamette River, therefore out of Marion County zoning jurisdictions. To the north, east, and south of the subject parcels are EFU (Exclusive Farm Use) zoned properties in agricultural use. 4. Soil Survey for Marion County, Oregon, indicates approximately 98.0% of the soils on the subject Tax Lots 600, 601 and 800 are classified as high value. 5. The applicants are proposing to adjust the property lines on a 2.28-acre parcel and a 323.07-acre parcel to create a 1.81-acre parcel and a 323.54-acre parcel. The adjusted property lines will make Tax Lot 800 primarily a residential property and Tax Lot 600/601 primarily farmland. 6. Various agencies were contacted about the proposal and given an opportunity to comment. Marion County Building Inspection commented: No Building Inspection concerns with proposed property line adjustments. If planned, permit(s) would be required to be obtained prior to development of structures and/or utilities installation on private property. Marion County Septic commented: We have reviewed the proposal for PLA24-042 and our comments are as follows: An existing system evaluation is required for 19101 River Rd NE to verify setbacks from the septic system to proposed property lines. A site