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Marion County Septic commented: “An authorization application for a hardship will be required with fees and an accurate map showing actual location of tank and drainfield.” All other commenting agencies stated no objection to the proposal or failed to provide comment. 7. In order to approve a manufactured home/RV under medical hardship the applicant must demonstrate compliance with the specific criteria listed in MCC 17.120.040. These include: (a) For the purposes of this subsection "hardship" means a medical hardship or hardship for the care of an aged or infirm person or persons. (b) A doctor of medicine or licensed psychologist shall sign a statement indicat ing the physical or mental condition that prevents the person(s) with the hardship from providing the basic self care needed to live on a separate lot. The statement shall also attest that the physician or licensed psychologist is convinced the person(s) with the hardship must be provided the care so frequently or in such a manner that the caretaker must reside on the same premises. (c) Those providing the needed assistance shall be related by blood, marriage or legal guardianship and reside in another residence on the property. If evidence is presented that there is no family member able to provide the needed care the caretaker may be someone else provided the property is located in a zone other than the EFU, SA, FT or TC zones. In the EFU, SA, FT and TC zones, occupancy of the hardship mobile home or recreational vehicle is limited to the term of the hardship suffered by the existing resident or a relative as defined in ORS 215.283. (d) Those providing the care must show that they will be available and have the skills to provide the primary care required by the doctor or psychologist. (e) One of the residences shall be removed from the property within 90 days of the date the person(s) with the hardship or the care provider no longer reside on the property. In the case of a recreational vehicle it shall be rendered uninhabitable by disconnection from services. An agreement to comply with this requirement shall be signed by the property owner and the care providers. Oregon Department of Environmental Quality removal requirements also apply. (f) The mobile home or recreational vehicle shall to the extent permitted by the nature of the property and existing development: (1) Be located as near as possible to other residences on the property; (2) On EFU, SA, FT and TC zoned property, be located on the portion of the property that is least suitable for farm or forest use, if it is not feasible to locate it near an existing residence; (3) Not require new driveway access to the street; (4) Be connected to the existing wastewater disposal system if feasible. The disposal system shall be approved by the county sanitarian. (g) The use is intended to be temporary, shall be subject to review every year, and shall continue to meet the above criteria in order to qualify for renewal. Based on the available evidence, Shirley Boehmer's physical circumstances constitute a hardship condition relating to the aged, the infirm, or persons otherwise incapable of maintaining a complete, separate and detached residence apart from their family. The evidence also indicates the proposed manufactured home would be relatively temporary in nature. The requirements that a Manufactured Dwelling/RV Removal or Disconnect Agreement be filed by the applicant ensures that the hardship dwelling be removed or converted to a use permitted in the zone and no longer used for residential purposes when the hardship ceases. These requirements shall be conditions of approval. The criteria are met. 8. Since the property is located in an EFU zone, the proposal must also satisfy the conditional use criteria in MCC 17.136.060(A). Those requirements are: (a) The use will not force a significant change in, or significantly increase the cost of, accepted farm or forest practices on surrounding lands devoted to farm or forest use. Land devoted to farm or forest use does not include farm or forest use on lots or parcels upon which a non-farm or non-forest dwelling has been approved and established, in exception areas approved under ORS 197.732, or in an acknowledged urban growth boundary.