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<br /> <br />. \ '::: ./..--~" "::.~:_--\;,~~::,)~'-:~-~~:"~'-':, ,-:~~r: '~~--::~::~~::'':' <br />. :';';" ~';'~'~:~?'~/'~;~ }tk:'~';-;~~:i,=~tf~:_-l <br /> <br />;-.;.,';:". <br /> <br />.:~;.: <br /> <br />~': .,." <br /> <br />'_ _' '_': . .' ~'_ <.~,._~f:'. <br /> <br />.:-{:.-::.~,-::. <br /> <br />- .....:.,; <br />.,".-: ~:-.:;~/~::;~.:- -:;. -i:,::~,f;:- <br /> <br />.":..~ :.-.o€:.~. '. <br />":~;S-~.;~.'-~-":,'" '::':::).::;,::':.~---;: -.~ <br />~.::,_~',,:~;; ~".:;_~,:--:,"-i-:;- __ <br /> <br />:':.;'}:...':';' <br /> <br />170 <br /> <br />of development activity, to further refine the results and <br />ensure that the amount of land dedicated to priority fund- <br />ing areas is appropriate. <br /> <br />City of Orlando <br />Orlando is the largest city in the fast-growing Central <br />Florida area. Central Florida has a population of about <br />three million people, with the Orlando population of <br />22"4,000 making up about seven percent of the regional <br />total. The city's boundaries have become a !;Ie facto urban <br />growth boundary, as state law requires annexed property <br />to be used for urban purposes. Through annexation, <br />Orlando can add to its inventory of vacant land. As of <br />2006, approximately 13,600 vacant and developable acres <br />are located inside Orlando's city limits, which total 70,500 <br />acres or 110 square miles. Much of the developable land <br />is owned by large-scale developers that have at least a 20- <br />year planning horizon for development. As stated in its <br />2007 population projections report, the city estimates cur- <br />rent population and projects future population based on <br /> <br />Orlando's boundaries have <br />become a de facto urban <br /> <br />growth boundary, as state <br />law requires annexed <br />property to be used for <br />urban purposes. <br /> <br />parcel-specific data. The city's land-use database provides <br />the number of housing units on each parcel in the city. <br />Multiplying by standard persons-per-unit and occupancy <br />rates provides a total existing population. Parcel-specific <br />data are grouped into traffic analysis zones (TAZs) to allow <br />for analysis at the neighborhood level. Future population <br />is projected based on best available data from developers <br />(approved site plans, subdivisions, etc.); where no <br />approvals have been secured, vacant land is assigned a <br />density based on the property's zoning and the surround- <br />ing land-use pattern. That is, properties zoned R-2 may <br />allow up to seven dwetling units per acre, but the sur- <br />rounding development pattern shows that four dufac is <br />more typical for acttlal development. The timing of devel- <br />opment is spread over the next 20 yeilrs based on devel- <br />opment approvals and estimates reflecting current market <br />conditions. <br />To ensure that the parcel-based population projec- <br />tions are accurate, Orlando reviews p-opula~ion growth <br />projections published by the Florida Bureau of Economic <br />and Business Research. Because projections are available <br /> <br />ZONING PRACTICE 1.08 <br />AMERICAN ELANNING ASSOOATlON I page 6 <br />