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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 applicants state that they are consolidating a farmable portion of land by applying for this property line adjustment. The 2.53-acre portion of tax lot 400, located north of Hidden Hills Ln, is suitable farmland that will be merged with the remainder of tax lot 400, which also comprises suitable farmland. Tax lot 400 will retain its farmable quality, and the five acres of Asian Pear Trees, required by land use case AR96-032, will remain on the southern side of the lot. The proposed configuration will enhance the farming potential by consolidating farmable portions from separate parcels into one larger area for commercial agriculture. 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 than 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. No lot will be increased larger than the minimum parcel size. Both parcels already have dwellings on them, and neither dwelling will be located on the other parcel because of this property line adjustment. Neither parcel can qualify for a dwelling because of this property line adjustment, and neither parcel was the subject of a Measure 49 Claim. The criterion does not apply. 5. Any property line adjustment that results in an existing dwelling being located on a different parcel shall not be subject to the standards in MCC 17.137.030(A) so long as the adjustment: a. Does not increase any adverse impacts on the continued practice of commercial agriculture on the resulting parcels; b. Does not increase the potential number of dwellings on the resulting parcels; and c. Does not 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. The subject properties will not qualify for a dwelling based on the proposed acreage of the properties. No dwelling will be on a different resulting parcel. The proposed property line adjustment will not have any adverse impacts on commercial agriculture, as commercial farming potential will be maximized by this property line adjustment. The criterion is met.