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18686 nhiort ivoc I . Continue to minimize urban sc atter at ion 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 pro- ductive or beneficial out -side 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 redevelopabl e land where services are available, thus capitalizing on public expenditures already made for - these services. 910 Protect life and property from natural hazards and natural disasters. to . Allow smaller outlying communities the opportunity to plan for their own futures without being engulfed by unlimited outward expansion - of the metropolitan area. and iriac 1. The urban service- area concept and sequential development shall continue to be implemented as an essential means to achieve compact urban growth. The planning, programming, and financing for provision of all urban services shall be concentrated inside the projected urban sery ice area. 2. Control of location, timing, and financing of the major public investments that directly influence the growth form of the metropolitan area shall be planned and coordinated on a .metropolitan-wide basis, 3. Lane County - shall discourage urban development in urban i zabl e and rural areas and encourage compact development of outlying communities. I I -B--3