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Marion County Assessor’s Office provided information regarding taxes on the subject properties. <br /> <br />All contacted agencies either failed to comment or stated no objection to the proposal. <br />7. The criteria for reviewing lot line adjustments within an EFU zone are listed in Chapter 17.136.090(C) MCC. These <br />criteria are as follows: <br /> <br />1. When one or more lots or parcels subject to a proposed property line adjustment are larger than the <br />minimum parcel size pursuant to subsection (A)(1) of this section, the same number of lots or parcels shall <br />be as large or larger than the minimum parcel size after the adjustment. When all lots or parcels subject to <br />the proposed adjustment are as large or larger than the minimum parcel size, no lot or parcel shall be <br />reduced below the applicable minimum parcel size. If all lots or parcels are smaller than th e minimum <br />parcel size before the property line adjustment, the minimum parcel size pursuant to this section does not <br />apply to those lots or parcels. <br /> <br />Both parcels in this application are below the minimum acreage. The criteria do not apply. <br /> <br />2. If the minimum parcel size in subsection (A)(1) of this section is larger than 80 acres, and a lot or parcel <br />subject to property line adjustment is smaller than the minimum parcel size but larger than 80 acres, the <br />lot or parcel shall not be reduced in size through property line adjustment to less than 80 acres. <br /> <br />Neither parcel is larger than 80 acres; the criterion does not apply. <br /> <br />3. Any property line adjustment shall result in a configuration of lots or parcels that are at least as suitable <br />for commercial agriculture as were the parcels prior to the adjustment. <br />4. A property line adjustment may not be used to: <br />a. Decrease the size of a lot or parcel that, before the relocation or elimination of the common <br />property line, is smaller than the minimum lot or parcel size for the applicable zone and contains <br />an existing dwelling or is approved for the construction of a dwelling, if the abutting vacant <br />tract would be increased to a size as large as or larger than the minimum tract size required to <br />qualify the vacant tract for a dwelling; <br />b. Decrease the size of a lot or parcel that contains an existing dwelling or is approved for <br />construction of a dwelling to a size smaller than the minimum lot or parcel size, if the abutting <br />vacant tract would be increased to a size as large as or larger tha n the minimum tract size <br />required to qualify the vacant tract for a dwelling; <br />c. Allow an area of land used to qualify a tract for a dwelling based on an acreage standard to be <br />used to qualify another tract for a dwelling if the land use approval would be based on an <br />acreage standard; or <br />d. Adjust a property line that resulted from a subdivision or partition authorized by a Measure 49 <br />waiver so that any lawfully established unit of land affected by the property line adjustment is <br />larger than the size granted by the waiver. <br /> <br />The reconfiguration of the parcels in this application is not expected to reduce the commercial suitability of the <br />parcels. The applicants stated that the access to the southern parcel is not possible from the northern parcel due to <br />presence of Senecal Creek and that this reconfiguration allows for better access to the parcels for the farming <br />activities that are occurring. This satisfies (3) above. <br /> <br />This property line adjustment does not increase either parcel to a size that could qualify it for a dwelling. One parcel <br />has a dwelling, and the other parcel is not large enough, nor will it become large enough to qualify for a dwelling <br />on an acreage standard. Neither parcel was involved in a Measure 49 action. Therefore, (4 a-d) are satisfied and the <br />criteria are met. <br /> <br />5. Any property line adjustment that results in an existing dwelling being located on a different parcel shall <br />not be subject to the standards in MCC 17.136.030(A) so long as the adjustment: <br />a. Does not increase any adverse impacts on the continued practice of commercial agriculture on <br />the resulting parcels; <br />b. Does not increase the potential number of dwellings on the resulting parcels; and