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4 Goal 14: Urbanization. The applicant is proposing to rezone rural residential land to Commercial outside of the urban growth boundary. Therefore, the proposal complies with Goal 14 and does not require an exception to Goal 14. COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENT 8. All Comprehensive Plan changes are subject to review by the State Department of Land Conservation and Development (DLCD). DLCD was notified as required by State Law and provided a letter requesting additional findings as the submitted findings were not sufficient. The applicant has provided a response to this letter, bolstering their argument. Staff finds that the additional submission by the applicant addresses the concerns raised by DLCD in their letter. 9. The Marion County Comprehensive Plan (MCCP) establishes procedures to be used when considering plan amendments. Plan changes directly involving 5 or fewer property owners will be considered a quasi-judicial amendment. The amendment will be reviewed by the zone change procedures established in MCC 17.123. A plan amendment of this type may be processed simultaneously with a zone change request with the zone change procedure outlined in Chapter 17.123 of the MCRZO. The subject property is comprised of one tax lot with one owner, all having an existing use, the proposal can therefore be considered under the quasi-judicial amendment process. 10. The MCCP does not contain specific review criteria for plan amendments; however, any amendment must be consistent with its applicable goals and policies. The goals and policies that apply in this case are located in the Rural Development Chapter and include policies for areas designated Commercial: A. “Strip-type” commercial or residential development along roads in rural areas shall be discouraged. B. Rural industrial, commercial, and public uses should be limited primarily to those activities that are best suited to a rural location and are compatible with existing rural developments and agricultural goals and policies. No strip-type development is proposed. The majority of the parcels in the area are currently developed with commercial uses or farm uses and any additional development would not be expected to have any additional impact on surrounding agricultural and rural residential lands. This zone change would extend the commercial zoning to the extent possible allowed by vacant lands in the area, this would make the land more compatible with existing uses as there is already commercial zoning to the south. The area already sees commercial traffic on 99E along with the commercial farm businesses. The applicant did not show any proposed development on the site plan but indicated that the proposal will expand an existing commercial node rather than create a “strip type” development. This proposal would be compatible with existing uses in the area. 11. OAR 660-004-0018 (2) requires that “physically developed” and “irrevocably committed” exceptions to goals, plan, and zone designations shall authorize a single numeric minimum lot size and shall limit uses, density, and public facilities and services to those: