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The parcel was created by partition (MJP78-078) in 1978 to legitimize the description of the property as conveyed in a deed recorded earlier the same year on Reel I I I Page 1041 of the Marion County Book of Land Records and has existed in this configuration ever since then. The property does not contain a dwelling. The criterion is met. 3. The dwelling will not materially alter the stability of the overall land use pattern of the area. In making this determination the cumulative impact ofpossible new non faun dwellings on other lots or parcels in the area similarly situated shall be considered. To address this standard, the following information shall be provided: (a) Identify a study area for the cumulative impact analysis. The study area shall include at least 2, 000 acres or a smaller area not less than 1, 000 acres, if the smaller area is a distinct agricultural area based on topography, soil types, land use pattern, or the type offarm or ranch operations or practices that distinguish it front other, adjacent agricultural areas. Findings shall describe the study area, its boundaries, the location of the subject parcel within this area, tivhy the selected area is representative of the land use pattern surrounding the subject parcel and is adequate to conduct the analysis required by this standard. Lands zoned for rural residential or other urban or non -resource uses shall not be included in the study area; The applicant provided a study area encompassing 2,000-acres of surrounding land. This study area included only properties zoned for Farm Use. Lands zoned for rural residential or other non -resource uses were excluded. Information supplied by the applicant, and verified by staff, indicates that there is no non - resource zoned land applied to the study area and that the applicant's report meets the required area for resource zone analysis. The applicant has indicated this study area is representative of the land use pattern surrounding the subject parcel. Uses within the study area include rural residences, timber lots, natural woods, Christmas tree lots, and fields of row crops. Staff concludes that the area presented by the applicant is a fair representation of the surrounding area and is sufficient to arrive at a sampling of the land use pattern. (b) Identify iidthin the study area the broad types offarm uses (irrigated or non -irrigated crops, pasture or grazing lands), the number, location and type of existing dii ellings (faun, non farm, hardship, etc), and the dia�elling development trends since 1993. Determine the potential number of non farm dwellings that could be approved under MCC 17.136 050(A), including identification ofpredominant soil classifications and parcels created prior to January 1, 1993. The findings shall describe the existing land use pattern of the study area including the distribution and arrangement of existing uses and the land use pattern that could result from approval of the possible non faun dwellings under this provision; The subject parcel is within an area near the edge of the City of Salem UGB, an area which contains several large tracts of Acreage Residential zoned parcels. As a result, the 2,000-acre study area creates a meandering shape that wraps around these tracts and extends around and above peninsulas of residential - neighborhoods. The largest contiguous space of the study area exists in the southern half. The applicant noted that due to the steep slopes and low value soil, most of the parcels included in the 2,000-acre study area have woodlots and are not in agricultural use. Based on Marion County aerial photographs of the region, very few of the woodlots appear to be intentionally planted stands of timber. One of the stands is directly north adjacent to the subject parcel. South adjacent is a clearcut that occurred between 2021 and 2023. Southwest adjacent of the subject parcel was a clear cut from between 2016- 2019 that has been replanted. It is unclear from aerial photographs if this parcel has been replanted with timber or with Christmas trees. Roughly half of the wooded areas within the study area are covered with deciduous trees and irregularly growing evergreen trees. These naturally wooded areas are not considered to be in timber use. The largest stands of timber range from 10-15 acres and are on properties that contain dwellings.