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ATTACHMENT 5 — PART 1: INTRODUCTORY MATERIAL A. INTRODUCTION TO THE RURAL COMPREHENSIVE PLAN The Lane County Rural Comprehensive Plan applies to all unincorporated lands within the County beyond the Urban Growth Boundaries of incorporated cities in the County and beyond the boundary of the Eugene - Springfield Metropolitan Area Plan. Where these lands are beyond County jurisdiction (such as National Forest lands), the Plan applies but its application is regulated by federal law. In addition, it does contain provisions and representations of County positions on various issues, to be used by those agencies, such as the US Forest Service, in their own management actions, and also used in the event that lands not inCounty jurisdiction enter County jurisdiction. The Plan follows the format of the LCDC Statewide Planning Goals, recognizing that they must be met by all local jurisdictions in Oregon. It is composed of two major elements: I. CountKGeneral Plan Policies: For each LCDC Goal, there are one or more Policies to be applied by the County toward land use and other planning and resource- management issues, in the interests of compliance with sound planning principles and statewide planning law. Policies are binding commitments, but will be carried out within established work programs and over all County priorities.' The application of Policies which call for any programs or studies will occur as County resources in terms of both staff and budgetary allocations permit. 2. Plan Diagrams: Two major planning regions are identified for Lane County —the Coastal Region and the Inland Region. For each, detailed representations of land• use are depicted on maps, on Plan Diagrams. Land use regulation methods, such as zoning, are applied to carry out the intent of the designations. The application of the general plan is primarily through zoning. In fact planning and zoning designations are set forth on the same map. Chart One diagrams the relationship of these elements, and also indicates'rela£amships with other portions of the County Comprehensive Plan. The document now before the reader fs one of the two above components --the County General Plan Pofiaes'document The Policies document is the broad, direction setting portion of the Plan, and lays out approaches for interpretation of County planning needs and means of complying with State of Oregon planning law. This law attaches great importance to local jurisdictions having adopted comprehensive plans''which in tom meet the requirements of Statewide PIanning Goals. Accordingly, matters of interpretation concerning the General Plan are to be resolved in favor of compliance with these Goals, and the Plan itself shall be recognized as representing the County's best effort in meeting the requirements of LCDC and its policy expressions, including Goals. Page 1 ATTACHMENT