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County Commissioners Director Kevin Cameron, Chair Brian Nicholas, PE Danielle Bethell Colm Willis Deputy Director Dennis Mansfield Chief Administrative Officer Jan Fritz _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 5155 Silverton Road NE Salem, OR 97305 ▪ www.co.marion.or.us ▪ Phone: (503) 588-5036 ▪ FAX: (503) 588-7970 MARION COUNTY PUBLIC WORKS _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ MEMORANDUM TO: Marion County Hearings Officer FROM: Marion County Planning Division DATE: June 26, 2024 SUBJECT: Administrative Review 24-012 The Marion County Planning Division has reviewed the above-referenced application and offers the following comments. FACTS: 1. Application of the Glen W. & Marjorie Morley Revocable Trust for an administrative review to place a lot of record dwelling on a 4.66-acre parcel in a SA (Special Agriculture) zone located in the 2400 block of Everett Dr S, Salem (T8S; R3W; Section 20B; Tax lot 900). 2. The subject property is located on Everett Dr S. The property is entirely covered by a woodlot planted around 2010 that stretches across three other parcels to west of 1.5-acres each. The subject parcel is within the Sensitive Groundwater Overlay (SGO). There is a small section of the westernmost part of the subject parcel that is zoned AR (Acreage Residential). 3. Adjacent properties to the north and east are zoned SA and composed of small farms with rural homesites. The north adjacent parcel is itself north adjacent to the City of Salem Urban Growth Boundary (UGB) and a recently developed subdivision. Adjacent parcels to the west are zoned AR and contain extensions of the woodlot present on the subject parcel. On the other side of the woodlot are rural homesites. The south adjacent parcels are zoned AR and in use for rural homesites. 4. Marion County Soil Survey shows the subject parcel having 100% high value soils consisting of: 81% Jory silty clay loam 7-12% slopes (Class 2) 15.3% Nekia silty clay loam 2-7% slopes (Class 3) 3.7% Abiqua silty clay loam 0-3% slopes (Class 1) 5. The applicant is proposing to place a lot of record dwelling on the subject parcel. COMMENTS: