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C. Growth Management Goals, Findings, and Policies <br /> <br /> To effectively control the potential for urban sprawl and scattered urbanization, compact growth <br /> and the urban ..m'owth boundary (UGB)=szrvicz area cc. nccpts are, and will remain, the primary <br /> growth management techniques for directing geographic patterns of urbanization in the <br /> community. In general, this means the filling in of vacant and underutilized lands, as well as <br /> redevelopment inside the UGB. <br /> <br /> fth ~^:~'~'~ '.~- ...... : .... .~c._^.~ ~_ ,,.~ ~ .... ryUGB will <br /> Outward expansion o e w,-J ................. n~ <br /> occur only when it is proven necessary according to the policies set forth in this Metro Plan, <br /> particularly in this element. <br /> <br /> Goals <br /> <br /> 1. Use re'ban, urbanizable, and rural lands efficiently. <br /> <br />2. Encourage orderly and efficient conversion of land from rural to urban uses in response! <br /> ~rban needs, taking into account metropolitan and statewide goals <br /> <br />3. Protect rural lands best suited for non-urban uses from incompatible urban encroachment, <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 from scattered or leapfrog urban growth that <br /> leaves vacant and underutilized land in its path and encourages isolated residential <br /> developments far from metropolitan centers. Until adoption of the 1990 Plan's urban <br /> service area concept, portions of this metropolitan area were characterized 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 /> II-C-1 <br /> <br /> <br />