Title: Urban growth boundary - Wikipedia
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Content: Additionally, new cities are only allowed to incorporate in areas determined to be planned for urban growth. California requires each county to have a Local Agency Formation Commission, which sets urban growth boundaries for each city and town in the county. States such as Texas use the delineation of extraterritorial jurisdictional boundaries to map out future city growth with the idea of minimizing competitive annexations rather than controlling growth. Notable U.S. cities which have adopted UGBs include Portland, Oregon; Boulder, Colorado; Honolulu, Hawaii; Virginia Beach, Virginia; Lexington, Kentucky; Seattle, Washington; Knoxville, Tennessee;