Urban Containment Increasing in Popularity

2. Urban Containment Increasing in Popularity • Most common in fast-growth regions • Intent to contain sprawl, minimize costs • Too much land, urban sprawl • Too little land, land price inflation • Impacts depend on implementation

8. Steps in Identifying Development Capacity Gross Vacant Acres -environmentally constrained land -publicly owned land -platted lots -streets, parks, schools, churches… =Vacant Buildable Acres

9. Steps in Identifying Development Capacity, continued Vacant Buildable Acres - Unserviced land = Serviced Buildable Acres * Permitted Density = Vacant Land Capacity + Infill and plat Capacity + Redevelopment Capacity = Total Development Capacity

10. Identifying Vacant Land

11. One half acre rule

12. Identifying Environmental Constraints

16. Methods of Estimating Infill • Remaining Capacity • Historical Trends • Assessed Land Values • Land/housing value ratios • Professional judgement

19. METRO UGB HISTORICAL LAND USE: CONSUMPTION: 1979 - 2001

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