slopes or assets, such as unique vegetation associations. They should be preserved, if possible, <br />through public acquisition or tax relief programs. If that is not possible, development should be <br />required to respond to their unique conditions through clustering in areas of least value as open <br />space, locating circulation and access points in a manner that will result in minimal disturbance <br />of.natural conditions and other similar measures particularly sensitive to such sites. <br />AlZriculture <br />These lands outside the UGB include: Class I through IV agricultural soils, other soils in <br />agricultural use, and other lands in proximity to Class I through IV soils or agricultural uses on <br />Class V through VIII soils. Designated agricultural lands are protected to preserve agricultural <br />resource values. <br />Sand and Gravel <br />This category includes existing and future aggregate processing and extraction areas. Aggregate <br />extraction and processing is allowed in designated areas subject to Metro Plan policies, <br />applicable state and federal regulations, and local regulations. For new extraction areas, <br />reclamation plans required by the State of Oregon and Lane County provide a valuable means of <br />assuring that environmental considerations, such as re-vegetation, are addressed. It is important <br />to monitor the demand for aggregate to ensure an adequate supply of this vital non-renewable <br />resource is available to meet metropolitan needs. <br />Rural Residential, Rural Commercial, and Rural Industrial <br />The prefix rural refers to the location of these designations on rural portions of the Metro Plan <br />outside the UGB. The actual uses may or may not be rural in nature. These rural designations <br />reflect existing patterns of development or commitment to rural lifestyle and have been carefully <br />documented and described with appropriate findings as exceptions to agricultural or forest <br />resource goals. Development on vacant or underdeveloped rural residential, rural commercial, or <br />rural industrial designated parcels is permissible when rural level services are approved and <br />when such development is done in accordance with other applicable policies. <br />The rural industrial uses in adopted exception areas are light-medium industrial in nature. <br />Application of Lane County's M-2, Light Industrial zoning district, is appropriate to implement <br />the Metro Plan's Rural Industrial designation. <br />Commercial or industrial development shall take place within the UGB, unless such <br />development; <br />Is necessary for the continuation of existing commercial or industrial operations, <br />including plant or site expansion; <br />Will be located in an adopted exception area; and <br />Can be adequately served with rural level services (defined in Policy G.27 in Chapte <br />III- defined on page4ff G4). <br />II-G-10 <br />Laurel Ridge Record (Z 15-5) Page 160 <br />