EXHIBIT R Page 59 <br />analy ms refitlement P!an and_Io al codes provi.~le idance.to local juri~d ctions in de erminin <br />the apppropriate Plan designation of parcels that bo_rde_more than one Plan designati n_ thin the <br />metropolitan UGB. <br />The standards land use designations below are intended to prwvide minimum gaidelines to loeal <br />sjtwisdietions ;n-det2 13~il~pzrun new and c:-t1,ui 7o a sites and loeat o s for sueh uses iii <br />tip an 0as. <br />Residential <br />This category is expressed in gross acre density ranges. Using gross acres, approximately 32 <br />percent of the area is available for auxiliary uses, such as streets, elementary and junior high <br />schools, neighborhood parks, other public facilities, neighborhood commercial services, and <br />churches not actually shown on the Metro Plan Diagram. Such auxiliary uses shall be allowed <br />within residential designations if compatible with refinement plans, zoning ordinances, and other <br />local controls for allowed uses in residential neighborhoods. The division into low, medium, and <br />high densities is consistent with that depicted on the Metro Plan Diagram. In other words: <br />Low density residential-Through 10 units per gross acre <br />Medium density residential-Over 10 through 20 units per gross acre <br />High density residential-Over 20 units per gross acre <br />These ranges do not prescribe particular structure types, such as single-family detached, duplex, <br />mobile home, or multiple family. That distinction, if necessary, is left to local plans and zoning <br />ordinances. <br />While all medium and high density allocations shown on the Metro Plan Diagram may not be <br />needed during the planning period, their protection for these uses is important because available <br />sites meeting pertinent location standards are limited. <br />As of January 1, 1977, density of all existing residential development within the 1990 Plan <br />projected urban service area was about 3.64 dwelling units per gross acre. For new dwelling <br />units constructed during 1986 to 1994, the net density was 7.05 dwelling units per acre in_th_ e <br />UGB based on the T e County Geegf phie information System (GS)RLID data. The <br />estimated overall residential net density for all residential development has climbed from 5.69 <br />dwelling units per are in 1986 to 5.81 dwelling units per acre in 1994. This Metro Plan, <br />including the Metro Plan Diagram, calls for an overall average of about six dwelling units per <br />gross acre for new construction through 2015, the planning period. By realizing this goal, the <br />community will benefit from more efficient energy use; preservation of the maximum amount of <br />productive agricultural land; use of vacant leftover parcels where utilities are already in place; <br />and more efficient, less costly provision of utilities and services to new areas. This higher <br />overall average density can only be achieved if the cities explore, and when feasible, in light of <br />housing costs and needs, adopt new procedures and standards including those needed to <br />implement the policies in the Residential Land Use and Housing Element. <br />II-G-3 57 <br />Laurel Ridge Record (Z 15-5) Page 378 <br />