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A. When one or more lots or parcels subject to a proposed property line adjustment are larger than the minimum parcel size pursuant to subsection (A)(1) of this section, the same number of lots or parcels shall be as large or larger than the minimum parcel size after the adjustment. When all lots or parcels subject to the proposed adjustment are as large or larger than the minimum parcel size, no lot or parcel shall be reduced below the applicable minimum parcel size. If all lots or parcels are smaller than the minimum parcel size before the property line adjustment, the minimum parcel size pursuant to this section does not apply to those lots or parcels The minimum parcel size listed in MCC 17.137.090(A)(1) for SA parcels is 80 acres. Both parcels are under this threshold, therefore, this criterion does not apply. B. If the minimum parcel size in subsection (A)(1) of this section is larger than 80 acres, and a lot or parcel subject to property line adjustment is smaller than the minimum parcel size but larger than 80 acres, the lot or parcel shall not be reduced in size through property line adjustment to less than 80 acres. The minimum parcel size is not larger than 80 acres; both parcels are under the minimum parcel size. Therefore, this criterion does not apply. C. 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 their intent is to adjust the eastern property line of tax lot 301 to add a 150-foot-wide strip of land, totalling 4.5-acres, from tax lot 300. This acreage is not currently farmed and is separated from the homesite on tax lot 300 by a wooded area. The applicant who lives on tax lot 301 plans to plant lavender in this area and would like to adjust it to be within the bounds of their property. The resulting configuration will therefore be at least as suitable for commercial agriculture as the current configuration. The criterion is met. D. 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. Both lots already contain dwellings, and no new dwellings will be qualified as a result of this 4.5-acre adjustment. The criterion does not apply. E. 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;