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Draft 9/29/14 53.Urban growth boundary (UGB): A site-specific line, delineated on a map or by written description, that separates urban and urbanizable lands from rural lands. a.Eugene UGB: The UGB that separates Eugene’s urban and urbanizable lands from the urban and urbanizable lands in Springfield along Interstate 5 and from rural lands in Lane County to the north, west, and south. b.Springfield UGB: The UGB that separates the urban and urbanizable lands in Springfield from the urban and urbanizable lands in Eugene along Interstate 5 and from rural lands in Lane County to the north, east, and south. c.Metropolitan UGB: The UGB that encompasses both Eugene and Springfield with no division along Interstate 5, separating the urban and urbanizable lands in both cities from rural lands in Lane County. The Metropolitan UGB will continue to exist until both Eugene and Springfield have adopted, and have in effect, their own separate UGBs (Eugene UGB and Springfield UGB). 54.Urban lands: Lands located within an incorporated city. 55.Urban water and wastewater service provision: The physical connection to the water or wastewater system. 56.Urbanizable land: Urbanizable lands are those unincorporated lands between the city limits and the UGB. 57.Very low income housing: Housing priced so that a household at or below 50 percent of median income pays no more than 30 percent of its total gross household income on housing and utilities. (HUD’s figure for 1997 annual 50 percent of median income of a family of three in Lane County is $16,950; 30 percent = $423/month.) 58.Zoning: A measure or regulation enacted primarily by local governments in which the community is divided into districts or zones within which permitted and special uses are allowed. Zoning regulations govern lot size, building bulk, placement, and other development standards. A zoning ordinance typically consists of two parts: a text and a map. V-7