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Marion County Septic commented: “Since the septic easement will change, a new easement will need to be done, and the old one released. Contact the septic department to discuss.” Marion County Assessor’s Office provided information regarding taxes on the subject properties. All other contacted agencies either had no objections or did not respond. 7. The criteria for reviewing lot line adjustments within an EFU zone are listed in Chapter 17.136.090(C) MCC. These criteria are as follows: 1. 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. Subject tax lot 800 is 107.95 acres and above the calculated minimum of 80 acres and will remain larger than the 80-acre minimum after the property line adjustment is completed. The criterion is met. 2. 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 is not above 80-acres, and no parcel will be reduced below the minimum parcel size. Subject tax lot 900 is 2.55 acres and below the minimum and will remain below the minimum acreage after the property line adjustment is completed. The criterion is met. 3. 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. This proposal will not change the agricultural use on either parcel as the smaller parcel is being increased by less than one acre to absorb the septic easement on the adjacent parcel (TL800). The area in question is not currently in agricultural production, and this arrangement will leave tax lot 800 as viable for commercial agriculture after the property line adjustment as before. Tax lot 900 is in use as a plant tissue lab and will continue the same work. The criterion is met. 4. 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.