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4. The following table depicts the soil composition on the property and its capacity to produce wood fiber. 5. The applicant is proposing to establish a template test forest dwelling in the southwestern corner of the subject property. 6. Various agencies were contacted about the proposal and given an opportunity to comment. Marion County Building Inspection commented: “No Building Inspection concerns. Permit(s) are required to be obtained prior to development of structure(s) and/or utilities installation on private property.” Marion County Septic Inspection commented: “A site evaluation is required to establish septic viability and establish minimum requirements for a system.” Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife submitted comments in review of the revised big game habitat assessment provided by Turnstone Environmental. Those comments are included in full in the case file. In summary, ODFW stated that this area is within the Santiam Wildlife Management Unit (WMU) and is known to contain relatively large heads of elk in the forested areas around Silver Creek and the agricultural land immediately west of this area. They point out that the area around the subject parcel is within the boundary of the general season antlerless elk damage tag due to the high volume of damage complaints received regarding the herd(s) use of that area. ODFW explains that the clearcuts in areas around the Jeff Creek Corridor provide import food sources to both deer and elk, who seek out early successional habitat for nutritionally rich grazing lands. The mature forest on the other hand may provide shelter for big game, but is less productive as forage area. ODFW suggests that one site visit is not adequate to determine whether Elk use the property. However, given the scale of the project, ODFW suggests that the potential impact to the elk herd(s) in the area will be quite low. All other contacted agencies either failed to comment or stated no objection to the proposal. 7. In order to place a dwelling in the FT zone, it must first be determined whether predominate use of the property on January 1, 1993 was for forest land or farm land. In this instance, aerial photographs indicate the property was predominantly used as forest land on January 1, 1993. According to Chapter 17.139.030(B) of the Marion County Code (MCC) a single-family dwelling subject to the special use and siting requirements in MCC 17.139.070 may be allowed provided: (1) The tract on which the dwelling will be sited does not include a dwelling. “Tract” means all contiguous lands in the same ownership. A tract shall not be considered to consist of less than the required acreage because it is crossed by a public road or waterway. This land was formerly part of a larger tract with 071E35C000500, but that parcel was transferred in 2018. The property technically consists of two legal parcels divided by a forest road running north and south across the approximate middle of the property. Neither of these parcels have a dwelling. The criterion is met. (2) If the lot or parcel on which the dwelling will be sited was part of a tract on January 1, 2019, no dwelling existed on the tract on that date, and no dwelling exists or has been approved on another lot or parcel that was part of the tract. The other lots or parcels in the tract cannot be used to justify another forest dwelling. Evidence must be provided that covenants, conditions and restrictions have been recorded with the county clerk of the county or counties where the property is located for any other lot or parcel within the subject tract. Soil Name Total Acres CU.FT/AC/YR Total CU.FT./YR McCully clay loam, 2%-7% slopes 3.8 171 649.8 McCully clay loam, 7%-12% slopes 5.6 171 957.6 McCully clay loam, 12%-20% slopes 0.2 171 34.2