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increase the cost of accepted farm or forest practices on surrounding lands devoted to farm or forest use requires: (a) Identification and description of the surrounding lands, the farm and forest operations on those lands, and the accepted farm practices on each farm operation and the accepted forest practices on each forest operation: (b) An assessment of the individual impacts to each farm and forest practice, and whether the proposed use is likely to have an important influence or effect on any of those practices. This assessment applies practice by practice and farm by farm; and (c) An assessment of whether all identified impacts of the proposed use when considered together could have a significant impact to any farm or forest operation in the surrounding area in a manner that is likely to have an important influence or effect on that operation. (d) For purposes of this subsection, examples of potential impacts for consideration may include but are not limited to traffic, water availability and delivery, introduction of weeds or pests, damage to crops or livestock, litter, trespass, reduction in crop yields, or flooding. (e) For purposes of this section, potential impacts to farm and forest practices or the cost of farm and forest practices, impacts relating to the construction or installation of the proposed use shall be deemed part of the use itself for the purpose of conducting a review under this section. (f) In the consideration of potentially mitigating conditions of approval under ORS 215.296(2), the governing body may not impose such a condition upon the owner of the affected farm or forest land or on such land itself, nor compel said owner to accept payment to compensate for the significant changes or significant increases in costs described in this section. The applicant states that this use is not expected to force a significant change in or increase the cost of farm or forest practices and may reduce costs due to the shortened distances nearby farmers will need to transport equipment after purchase or for service. An arial survey of the area surrounding the proposed site shows many parcels of land engaged is some form of row crop, field crop, or orchard use. The applicant provided further support for point subpoint (a): To the north of the subject property across Ingalls Lane NE lies tax lot 500, which is used as an agricultural office and a fruit stand, which are consistent with agricultural practices. To the east lies tax lot 900, its use is for growing seed crops, which is consistent with agricultural use. To the south are tax lots 1700, 1900, 2000, and 2100 all of which appear to be for agricultural purposes. To the west is Oregon Highway 99E. There are no apparent forest practices in this vicinity. To address subpoint (b), the applicant stated that the proposed 3. 0-acre gravel lot for the purpose of selling farm tractors and farm implements will draw customers to this location and thus increase exposure for the fruit stand to the north. Therefore, in this case, this proposal should have a positive effect on fruit stand sales. The property to the east being used for seed crops will be unaffected by this proposal. The properties to the south, which are of agricultural nature, should be affected neutrally with no positive or negative effect from the proposal. To address subpoint (c) above the applicant stated that the overall assessment of the proposal will not have a significant impact to any farm or forest operations in the surrounding area since the proposal is of agricultural use and consistent with the agricultural practices in this area. Forest operations or practices are not applicable to these surroundings. Since the proposed commercial use will be a supplier of related equipment and service, the use is proposed as an asset for the agriculture community and is a use that is consistent with farm practices located in a zone that is zoned as "Primary Agriculture" per the Marion County Planning and Development Comprehensive Land Use Plan. The applicant believes that this use is not expected to be a significant change or cause adverse effects to the local agricultural community and farm or forest practices. This addresses and satisfies criteria (a), (b), and (c) above.