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other permits or satisfying any restrictions or conditions thereon. It is recommended that the agencies mentioned in Finding #7 under Findings and Conclusions below be contacted to identify restrictions or necessary permits. The applicant is advised of the following: 7. The applicants should contact the Salem Suburban Fire District to obtain a copy of the District's Recommended Building Access and Premise Identification regulations and the Marion County Fire Code Applications Guide. Fire District access standards may be more restrictive than County standards. 8. The applicants should contact the Marion County Assessor's Office (503-588-5144) for additional information regarding the farm/forest disqualification process (please see #10(C) in the Findings and Conclusions below). APPEAL PROCEDURE: The Marion County Zone Code provides that certain applications be considered first by the County Zoning Administrator. If there is any doubt that the application conforms with adopted land use policies and regulations the Zoning Administrator must condition or deny the application. Anyone who disagrees with the decision may request that the application be considered by a County hearings officer after a public hearing. The applicant may also request reconsideration (one time only and a fee of $200) based on new information subject to signing an extension of the 120-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 Planning Division, 5155 Silverton Rd. NE, Salem, by 5:00 p.m. on April 1, 2024. If you have questions about this decision, contact the Planning Division at (503) 588-5038 or at the office. This decision is effective April 2, 2024, unless further consideration is requested. FINDINGS AND CONCLUSIONS: Findings and conclusions on which the decision was based are noted below. The subject property is designated Special Agriculture in the Marion County Comprehensive Plan and correspondingly zoned SA (Special Agriculture). The primary intent of both this designation and zone is to promote and protect commercial agricultural operations while also providing the opportunity for timber production and other uses that are compatible with agricultural activities. The subject parcel consists of 5.97-acres of naturally forested hillside in the rural unincorporated area of south Salem. The forested area appears to consist of a mix of evergreen and deciduous trees. The slopes on this parcel are significant, and the geohazard overlay shows particularly steep slopes wrapping around the west, east, and south sides of the parcel. A south -pointing triangular section of the parcel based across the northern property line consists of relatively mild 2-point geohazard. The parcel is also within one of Marion County's SGO (Sensitive Ground Water) overlays indicating groundwater supply may be a concern now or in the future. The access to the subject parcel is via an undeveloped easement that utilizes tax lots 2000, 2301, and 2300. Tax lot 2300 was partitioned twice, once in 2005 and again in 2008. Both new parcels had homes developed clustered together at the end of Little Haven Ln S. Tax lot 2000 was the subject of a measure 37/49 decision that has not been exercised, allowing that parcel to create two additional parcels and develop each with a dwelling. Currently four parcels with dwellings are addressed off Little Haven Ln S, but the dwelling on tax lot 2000 has frontage on Viewerest Rd S. Therefore, the limitation of a private lane to not serve more than four dwelling units has not yet been met by Little Haven Ln S and the proposed non -farm dwelling on the subject parcel would be the final dwelling developable without approval of a variance to MCC 17.110.800 - Dwellings and all other buildings to be accessible to public street. The subject parcel was created in its current formation by partition in the fall of 1978 which legitimized the sale of this parcel and the description thereof which is included in the deed recorded in January 1978 on Reel 111 Page 1041 of the Marion County Book of Land Records and is therefore legal for land use purposes. The Major Partition case (MJP78-078) divided a 10-acre parcel in the RA (Residential Agricultural) zone (a zone no longer existing in Marion County Code) into three parcels of approximately 2-acres, 2-acres, and 6-acres. At