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from A to Z Wine Works stated that payments made to GBF LLC were: $174,490.50 in 2023; $271,615.45 in 2024; and $191,399.70 in 2025. The per year amount paid through this contract totals at least $80,000 and was due to sales of a farm product grown on the subject tract. Therefore, the criterion is met. c. The subject tract is currently employed for the farm use that produced the income required in subsection (A)(1)(b) of this section; In the aerial imagery from May 2025 found in the Marion County Land Use Planning GIS viewer tool the subject tract still visibly contains grape vines. The applicant also provided imagery from Google Streetview from May 2025 that showed a view of the vineyard from the road in which the grape vines were clearly visible. Further, the applicant provided updated aerial imagery from April 2026, which shows the grapevines still in place on the tract. Therefore, the subject tract is still employed for the farm use that produced the income. The criterion is met. d. The proposed dwelling will be occupied by a person or persons who produced the commodities which generated the income in subsection (A)(1)(b) of this section; The applicant states that Gregory Fries, the sole member of GBF LLC and Fries Vineyards, LLC, will be the occupant of the dwelling approved by this application. Gregory Fries’ role(s) in the production of the commodities were stated by the applicant as “overseeing the cultivation, harvesting and sale of the wine grapes.” The criterion is met and it shall be a condition of approval that the dwelling approval shall be exercised only by the farm operator that conducted the farm use which qualified for the dwelling. 8. MCC 17.137.030 (A)(6) requires that all of the property in a tract used for the purposes of establishing a farm dwelling shall be held, sold and conveyed subject to the following covenants, conditions and restrictions: It is not lawful to use the property described in this instrument for the construction or siting of a dwelling or to use the acreage of the tract to qualify another tract for the construction or siting of a dwelling. These covenants, conditions, and restrictions can be removed only at such time as the property described herein is no longer protected under the statewide planning goals for agricultural and forest lands or the legislature otherwise provides by statute that these covenants, conditions and restrictions may be removed and the authorized representative of the county or counties in which the property subject to these covenants, conditions and restrictions is located executes and records a release of the covenants, conditions and restrictions, consistent with OAR 660-006-0027. As such, it shall be made a condition of approval that the applicants record a Use of Agriculture/Forest Land for Dwelling Qualification-OAR 660-006-0027 declaratory statement for each of the subject parcels in the tract used to qualify for the dwelling prior to the issuance of building permits for the primary farm dwelling. The parcels shall be considered as one unit of land for land use purposes. 9. MCC 17.137.100 (C) requires that a declaratory statement meeting the requirements outlined under that section be filed, and this serves to notify the applicant and subsequent owners that there are farm or timber operations in the area. The recording of a Farm/Forest declaratory statement shall be made a condition of approval. 10. Based on the above findings, it has been determined that the proposed secondary dwelling satisfies all applicable criteria and is, therefore, APPROVED, subject to conditions. Brandon Reich Date: July 24th, 2026 Planning Division Manager If you have any questions regarding this decision, contact Alexander Seifer at (503) 588-5038 Notice to Mortgagee, Lienholder, Vendor or Seller: ORS Chapter 215 requires that if you receive this Notice, it must promptly be forwarded to the purchaser.