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practices, including the development of more flexible 

 and imaginative approaches, such as planned unit devel- 

 opment, cluster zoning and subdivision control. 



(6) Use of tax assessment and land valuation policies 

 to induce sound conservation and development practices 

 through such means as preferential assessment and defer- 

 red taxation. 



(7) Providing public ownership or access to selected 

 estuarine and coastal areas for whatever purposes that 

 are necessary for sound management of estuarine and 

 coastal zones and related land resources. 



(8) Active participation in State and Federal estuarine 

 and coastal management programs. 



(9) Active participation in appropriate regional manage- 

 ment organizations, which would cover the entire estuarine 

 and coastal zone problem area. These organizations may 



be multifunctional, and in urban areas, metropolitan in 

 character dealing with such problems as water pollution 

 control, port development, transportation, hurricane, 

 flood and erosion control, architectural preservation, 

 recreation, etc. The regional management organization 

 may have limited purpose or broad management responsibil- 

 ity, including regulatory power over dredging and filling, 

 zoning, land-water use, eminent domainand revenue-raising 



