9. Protect life and property from natural hazards and natural disasters. <br />10. Allow smaller outlying communities the opportunity to plan for their own futures without <br />being engulfed by unlimited outward expansion of the metropolitan area. <br />It. Identify methods of establishing an urban transition program which will eventually <br />reduce service delivery inefficiencies by providing for the provision of key urban services <br />only by cities. <br />Policies <br />The UGB and sequential development shall continue to be implemented as an essential <br />means to achieve compact urban growth. The provision of all urban services shall be <br />concentrated inside the UGB. <br />2. The UGB shall lie along the outside edge of existing and planned rights-of-way that form <br />a portion of the UGB so that the full right-of-way is within the UGB. <br />3. Control of location, timing, and financing of the major public investments that directly <br />influence the growth form of the metropolitan area shall be planned and coordinated on a <br />metropolitan-wide basis. <br />4. Lane County shall discourage urban development in urbanizable and rural areas and <br />encourage compact development of outlying communities. <br />5. To maintain the existing physical autonomy of the smaller outlying communities, urban <br />development on agricultural and rural lands beyond the praj-e& sep,46e b&Wft af" -Y UGB <br />shall be restricted and based on at least the following criteria: <br />a. Preservation and conservation of natural resources. <br />b. Conformity with the policies and provisions of the Lane County Rural <br />Comprehensive Plan that borders the metropolitan area. <br />C. Conformance with applicable mandatory statewide planning goals. <br />b. Outlying communities close to Springfield and Eugene shall be encouraged to develop <br />plans and programs in support of compact urban development. <br />7. Conversion of rural and rural agricultural land to urbanizable land through Metro Plan <br />amendments expanding the p;qjeote servi a UGB shall be consistent with <br />mandatory statewide planning ggoal. <br />8. Land within the UGB may be converted from urbanizable to urban only through <br />annexation to a city when it is found that: <br />II-C-4 <br />Laurel Ridge Record (Z 15-5) Page 132 <br />