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9. Reduction in the use of zoning provisions and regulatory processes that favor single- family detached dwellings on standard size parcels would increase the oppommity to realize higher net residential densities than are presently occurring, particularly in newly developing areas. 10. A variety of public services are provided by Lane County and special service districts to unincorporated portions of the Eugene-Springfield metropolitan area. 11. In 1986, the Cities of Eugene and Springfield entered into Urban Trmasifion Agreements with Lane County which transferred from the County to the Cities administration for building and land use within the urbanizable portion of the UGB. l.Use urban, urban/zable, and rural lands efficiently. 2.Encourage orderly and efficient conversion of land from rural to urban uses in response to urban needs, talcing into account metropolitan and statewide goals. 3.Protect rural lands best suited for nonurban uses from incompatible urban encroachment. Ob|eetives 1. Continue to minimize urban scatteration and sprawl by encouraging compact growth and sequential development. 2. Insure that land supply is kept in proper relationship to land use needs. 3. Conserve those lands needed to efficiently accommodate expected urban growth. 4. Protect rural land and open space from premature urbanization. 5. When necessary to meet urban needs, utilize the least productive agricultural lands for needed expansion. 6. Encourage new and maintain existing rural land uses where productive or beneficial outside the urban growth boundary. 7. Shape and plan for a compact urban growth form to provide for growth while preserving the special character of the metropolitan area. 8. Encourage development of suitable vacant, underdeveloped, and redevelopable land where services are available, thus capitalizing on public expenditures akeady made for these services. II-C-3