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Applicant's request to re -designate and rezone the subject property for farm/forest use is evaluated under OAR 660-006, specifically, OARs 660-06-0015, 660-006-0050 and 660- 006-0057, and no Goal 3 exception is required to designate the subject property for forest use. Therefore, Goal 3 is met. Goal 4: Forest Lands. To conserve forest lands by maintaining the forest land base and to protect the state's forest economy by making possible economically efficient forest practices that assure the continuous growing and harvesting of forest tree species as the leading use on forest land consistent with sound management of soil, air, water, and fish and wildlife resources and to provide for recreational opportunities and agriculture. OAR 660-006-001 S: (1) Lands inventoried as forest lands must be designated in the comprehensive plan and implemented with a zone that conserves forest lands consistent with OAR chapter 660, division 6, unless an exception to Goal 4 is taken pursuant to ORS 197. 732, the forest lands are marginal lands pursuant to ORS 19 7.24 7 (1991 Edition), the land is zoned with an Exclusive Farm Use Zone pursuant to ORS chapter 215 provided the zone qualifies for special assessment under ORS 308.370, or is an "abandoned mill site " zonedfor industrial use as provided for by ORS 197.719. In areas of intermingled agricultural and forest lands, an agricultural/forest lands designation may also be appropriate if it provides protection for forest lands consistent with the requirements of OAR chapter 660, division 6. The plan shall describe the zoning designation(s) applied to forest lands and its purpose and shall contain criteria that clearly indicate where the zones) will be applied (2) When lands satisfy the definition requirements of both agricultural land and forest land, an exception is not required to show why one resource designation is chosen over another. The plan need only document the factors that were used to select an agricultural, forest, agricultural/forest, or other appropriate. designation. The subject property is not inventoried, designated or zoned as forest land. No Goal 4 exception is required. Marion County is not a marginal lands county. The subject property is not an abandoned mill site. The property is zoned EFU under ORS Chapter 215. ORS 308.3705 a farm use special assessment provision, was repealed in 1999. ORS 308A now governs farm use special assessment. EFU zoned land in farm use may receive special farm assessment but the farm use definition does not include land subject to forest use special assessment (ORS 308A.056(2)). The subject property is currently specially assessed for forest use. To approve the subject application, the BOC must inventory the property, apply a farm/forest designation and zone consistent with OAR 660-006, and explain the factors used to select the farm/forest designation. Under the MCCP forest lands section: An area located east and south of the city of Silverton and commonly referred to as the Silverton Hills consist[s] of a mixed pattern of farm and forest land uses. The topography of this area consists of relatively level ridge tops with intervening stream canyons. The level areas are largely devoted to farm and woodlot uses while the stream canyons and steeper ridges are devoted to forest uses. This area is a transition between the Western Cascades and the Willamette Valley floor. ZC / CP / AR 25-001 — RECOMMENDATION Jerome P. Lackner Page 4