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A. Growth management, resource land conservation, and critical areas protection share problems related to governmental costs and efficiency.

B. Urban sprawl and the unwise development of resource lands or critical areas susceptible to natural hazards may lead to inefficient use of limited public resources, jeopardize environmental resource functions and values, subject persons and property to unsafe conditions, and affect the perceived quality of life.

C. The cost to remedy the loss of resource lands or critical areas is greater than conserving and protecting them from loss or degradation.

D. The inherent economic, social, and cultural values of resource lands and critical areas should be considered in the development of strategies designed to conserve and protect such lands.

E. This chapter implements the goals and policies of the resource lands and critical areas element of the Comprehensive Plan. (Ord. 1803, §1, 2022).