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8 stability of the overall land use pattern in the area. The first portion of this is addressed in 17.137.030(D)(11)(a)(ii) above. The applicant’s representative has defined, through the cumulative impacts analysis, what the broad types of farm uses are, the number, location, and type of existing dwellings, the dwelling development trends since 1993, and the potential future developments of lot-of-record and/or non-farm dwellings. The range of the study area is south and east of the City of Salem UGB. It encompasses the SA, EFU, and FT zoned parcels south of Ballyntyne Rd S, and north of Cole Rd S. The study area extends east approximately 1.2 miles east of where the UGB intersects Skyline Rd S. The resource zoned parcels in this study area surround a large AR zoned tract adjacent to the subject parcel and south of Skyline Rd S, and abut two large AR zoned tracts on the northern and southern edges of the study area. Within the study area are very few parcels at or above the minimum resource parcel size (80- acres). Those large farm parcels are in use for grass seed, grain and/or Christmas tree production. There are also several Christmas tree farms in the 10 to 60-acre size range. Many of the parcels within the study area are 1 to 10-acres in size and in use for hobby farms and rural residences. The applicant returned the map with annotations of the locations of class IV – VI soils, as well as an annotated spreadsheet of parcels in the study area. The applicant representative identified 191 parcels in the study area, and screened them for soil quality, dwellings present, contiguity to adjacent owned land containing a dwelling, and removed parcels inadvertently included in the study area. Erroneous parcels included two AR parcels and two parcels in public ownership. Of the 70 vacant parcels, there were 41 in contiguous ownership to a parcel with a dwelling which disqualifies them from lot-of-record criteria 17.137.030D(3). Of the 29 individual vacant parcels, 25 primarily consist of high value soils and had been conveyed later than January 1, 1985, which disqualifies them from being approved for either lot-or-record or non-farm dwellings. Of the four parcels left, three could qualify for a lot of record dwelling based on length of ownership, and the other could qualify for a non-farm dwelling. Staff checked the analysis and found that is sound. The applicant’s representative concludes that the proposed lot-of-record dwelling will not materially alter the stability of the land use pattern in the area and will not make it more difficult for existing types of farms in the area to continue operation due to diminished opportunities to expand, purchase, lease farmland, acquire water rights or diminish the number of tracts or acreage in farm use in a manner that will destabilize the overall character of the study area. The pattern of development in this area is primarily small farms and rural residential properties. The development of all possible lot-of-record dwellings and non-farm dwellings would not alter the existing development pattern of the last 30 years, nor make it more difficult for the operation of farms that exist within the study area. The criterion is met. (b) The county shall provide notice of the application for a dwelling allowed under this subsection to the Oregon Department of Agriculture. The County shall provide this notice, the criterion is met.