EXHIBIT R Page 35 <br />C. Growth Management Goals, Findings, and Policies: <br />To effectively control the potential for urban sprawl'and scattered urbanization, compact growth <br />and the urban wth boundar_y_ (UGB)_ eneepts 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 />Outward expansion of the prejeetea ufba as deffin°d it the GlossafyUGB, will <br />occur only when it is proven necessary according to the policies set forth in this Metro Plan, <br />particularly in this element. <br />Goals <br />1. Use urban, urbanizable,and rural lands efficiently. <br />2. Encourage orderly and efficient conversion of land from rural to urban uses in response_ <br />to urban. needs, taking <br />.into. account_metrQpolitan and statewide_goals. <br />3. Protect rural lands best suited for non-urban uses from incompatible urban encroachment. I <br />Findings and Policies <br />Findings <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 />2. Beneficial results of compact urban growth include: <br />a. Use of most vacant leftover parcels where utilities assessed to abutting property <br />owners are already in place. <br />b. Protection of productive forest lands, agricultural lands, and open space from <br />premature urban development. <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 />ii-c-1 33 <br />Laurel Ridge Record (Z 15-5) Page 354 <br />