What does GMA stand for?

Growth Management Act

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Samples in periodicals archive:

Council members say urban congestion is an unavoidable result of the Growth Management Act, which is intended to prevent urban sprawl into rural areas.

Moratorium lifted; developer fees raised; Snohomish County

Together with GrowSmart Maine and the Maine Real Estate & Development Association, CLF contends the town violated Maine's Growth Management Act by failing to adopt zoning laws that are consistent with the town's own comprehensive plan.

CLF belongs smart growth: Scarborough zoning violates town plan

Your article states "the Growth Management Act requires cities to annex as much land as the voters will allow.

SE King County Voices

County Executive Ron Sims says McKenna's brief continues the attorney general's "personal philosophy" of questioning many aspects of the state Growth Management Act and other land-use regulations.

McKenna files land-use challenge; Attorney general asks court to ...

Krese ruled that the Growth Management Act must be held as a final determination for land use despite property owners' desires.

Lanes not giving up on car-dealership site; Arlington area

Then, as now, the chief target of property-rights advocates was the state's 1990 Growth Management Act and regulations counties have adopted to comply with it.

Washington vote wouldn't come until '06

Earlier this month, Futurewise -- an anti-sprawl group formerly known as 1000 Friends of Washington -- accused Bellevue of violating the state Growth Management Act by allowing fewer than four homes per acre in some residential neighborhoods.

Density agreement to be weighed City challenged on growth act ; ...

A decision on whether or not the city is in compliance with the state's Growth Management Act is expected in July, according to a tentative schedule from the board.

Hearing next week on growth challenge Issaquah