Agenda - Planning Commission - 03/04/1996

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MEMORANDUM DATE: Ja~uary 30, 1996 TO: Ryan Schroeder, City Administrator FROM: James Gromberg, Economic Development Coordinator RE: Comprehensive Land Use Comparisons As Councilme~l~r 7Jmmerma_ n suggested at the City Council meeting on January 23, 1996, I have reevaluat~ the figures for land use generated for the proposed Comprehensive Land Use Plan. These fi~res reflect the suggestion of changing the property to the west of Ram~y Blvd. ~rom the propc~s~ ed mix of uses to only commercial/industrial property. The property breakdowns for this acljustn~ent changes the total property use in the study area as follows: Single ]~amily Residential Mixed Residential Comm4mial/Industrial Open Space Totals: 27-Sep-95 23-Jan-96 856.12 808.12 71.82 41.85 1,121.67 1,199.67 339.93 339.93 2,389.57 2,389.57 The above acre4tge numbers reflect the gross acreage including previously developed property. When breakinglthe area down into developable property, the following breakdowns are used: 27-Sep-95 23-Jan-96 Existing Single ~amily 781 733 610 Mixed Residential 69 39 -- Comme ~!'cial/Indu strial 574 652 975 Open Space 161 161 161 Totals i 1,585 1,585 1,585 Based upon the above breakdown of property uses, City Staff has projected the square footage of building space ~eated and number of both single family and mixed residential housing units created from the~,e land areas. The following criteria was used to determine these projections: · 35% lot coverage for commercialfmdustrial property · Three single family units per acre for single f~m{ly development · 5even units per acre for mixed residential. Table B shows ~e amount of commerciabrmdustrial building square footage that would be created under the listed ~sumpfions. In addition, the table also shows the breakdown of the residential units that would ~e created and effects that the construction would have on the mix of single family units compared tO mixed residential units.