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7. The criteria for reviewing lot line adjustments within an EFU zone are listed in Chapter 17.136.090(C) MCC. These criteria are as follows: 1. When one or more lots or parcels subject to a proposed property line adjustment are larger than the minimum parcel size pursuant to subsection (A)(1) of this section, the same number of lots or parcels shall be as large or larger than the minimum parcel size after the adjustment. When all lots or parcels subject to the proposed adjustment are as large or larger than the minimum parcel size, no lot or parcel shall be reduced below the applicable minimum parcel size. If all lots or parcels are smaller than th e minimum parcel size before the property line adjustment, the minimum parcel size pursuant to this section does not apply to those lots or parcels. As referred to above, MCC 17.136.090(A)(1) outlines the criteria for calculating the minimum parcel size for new parcels. In this instance, the average calculated parcel size is 140 acres (840 acres/6 parcels) therefore, the minimum parcel size is 140 acres, however the state minimum parcel size is 80 acres. It should be addressed that in PLA15 - 031, the minimum parcel size was calculated to be 120 acres for the two subject parcels. Changes in the configuration of surrounding parcels led to the change in the average local parcel size. With the calculated 140 acre minimum parcel size applied, none of the existing parcels are larger than the minimum parcel size. Therefore, this section does not apply. 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. Both subject lots or parcels are currently larger than 80 acres but smaller than the minimum parcel size of 140 acres. The applicant proposes to reduce the size of one parcel to exactly 80 acres and transfer the remainder to the other parcel, complying with the requirements of this section. The criterion is met. 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 proposed new configuration would consolidate all the land currently in farm use on one parcel and transfer most of the land used for timber operations to the other parcel. This configuration would better reflect the current land use patterns within the subject area and encourage the continuation of these same land use patterns, which inherently means the new configuration is at least as suitable for commercial agriculture as the current configuration. Therefore, 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.