December 3-4, 2015 - LCDC Salem <br />Agenda Item 4, Attachment H <br />SOIL STUDY AREA - SAME CRITERIA FOR ANY SIZE OF AREA (TO <br />PREVENT GERRYMANDERING) <br />660-0067(4)(a) OPTION 1 Recommend: <br />"Areas of land [DELETE: (a) RQ rnTer th°n 200 Qanrec, nr /h\ IaF r <br />CTT'gITL~ <br />than-Z2A9-asps] that are similarly situated and have similar soils, may <br />be grouped together and studied as a single unit of land; provided, <br />however, that soils of lower agricultural or forest capability may not be <br />grouped with soils of higher capability in a manner inconsistent with <br />the intent of section (2) of this rule which establishes that higher <br />capability resource lands are the last priority for inclusion in a UGB. <br />DEFINITION OF "PREDOMINANTLY" - CAN'T BE 50 PERCENT FOR <br />SOIL CLASS TEST <br />660-0067(4)(c) OPTION 1 Recommend: <br />(c) When determining whether the land is predominantly high-value <br />farmland, or predominantly prime or unique, [DELETE: ^r When iicinrr <br />the nrede-minant napability nl-ac fir-z-a ' ysten err he nredernin~nt <br />GUbiG site Glass E)f the subjeGt IaRd,] "predominantly" means more <br />than 50 percent. <br />Addition of: <br />(d) When determining the predominant capability classification <br />system or the predominant cubic site class of the subject land, <br />"predominantly" means comprising the greatest percentage of the <br />area of land. <br />