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<br />c. Growtl Management Goals, Findings, and Policies <br /> <br />To effectively control the potential for urban sprawl and scattered urbanization, compact growth <br />and the urban growth boundary (DGB) are, and will remain, .the primary growth management <br />techniques for directing geographic pattemsofurbanization in the community. In general, this <br />means the filling in of vacant and underutilized lands,. as well as redevelopment inside the UGB. <br /> <br />Outward expansion of the UGB will occur only.when it is proven necessary according to tIle <br />policies set forth in.this Mel'roPlan, particularly in this element. <br /> <br />Goals <br /> <br />1. Use urban, urbanizable, and rnrallands efficiently. <br /> <br />2. Encourage orderly and efficient conversion .of land. from rural to urban uses in response <br />to urban needs, taking ~to account metropolitan and statewide goals. <br /> <br />3. Protect rural lands best suited for non-urban uses from incompatible urban encroacllmetit <br /> <br />Findings and Policies <br /> <br />Findings <br /> <br />1. Many metropolitan areas within the United States that have not implemented geographic <br />growth management techniques suffer fro.m scattered or leapfrog urban growth that <br />leaves vacant andundemtilized land in its pathanden.courages isolated residential <br />developments far from m.etropolitan. centers. Until adoption of the 1990 Plan's urban <br />service area concept, portions of this metropolitan area were cha.racterized by these <br />phenomena. <br /> <br />2. Beneficial results of compact urban growth include: <br /> <br />a. Use of most.vacant leftover parcels where utilities assessed to abutting property <br />owners are already in place. <br /> <br />b. Protection of productive forest lands, agricultural lands, and open space from <br />premature urban development. <br /> <br />c. More efficient use of limited fuel energy resources and greater use of bicycle and <br />pedestrian facilities due to less miles of streets and less auto dependence than <br />otherwise would be required. <br /> <br />d. Decreased acreage of leapfrogged vacant land, thus resulting in more efficiel1t and <br />less costly provision and use of utilities, roads, and public services such as [lIe <br />protection. <br /> <br />II-C~ 1 <br />