Goal <br />Provide viable residential communities so all residents can choose sound, affordable housing that <br />meets individual needs. <br />Findings and Policies <br />The findings and policies in this element are organized by the following seven topics related to <br />housing and residential head; <br />• Residential. Land Supply and Demand <br />• Residential Densit <br />• Housing Type and Tenure <br />• Design and Mixed. Use <br />• Existing Housing Supply and Neighborhoods <br />• Affordable, Special Need, and Fair Housing <br />• Cni»•dinafinn <br />Residential Land Supply and Demand. <br />Findings <br />1. By 2015, the Eugene-Springfield Metropolitan UGBc~ar, dea is projected to reach a <br />population of 286,000between 291,000 and 3111900. This zepr-es. a insrease 9~ <br />batel , 9 0110 -nd107,0011 T " ftem the y aOp4lafion-4f <br />a <br />2[ 9 Tlus is a 29 percent increase from t_he_estinaated 2000 census population of <br />222,500. <br />2. Average household size has been declining both nationally and locally due to a variety of <br />factors. This trend will result in the need for more dwelling units to house population <br />growth. <br />3. Based on the 2015 projected population and average household size, there is a need for <br />between 40,000 and 49,000 new housing units in the Eugene-Springfield UGB between <br />1992 and 2015. <br />4. There is sufficient buildable residential land within the existing UGB to meet the future <br />housing needs of the projected population. In fact, the 1992 residential buildable land <br />supply exceeds the 1992-2015 residential land demand in all residential categories. <br />Assuming land is consumed evenly over the period, by 1999, there will be at least a 20- <br />year supply of residential land remaining inside the UGB. <br />5. Undeveloped residential land is considered unbuildable and removed from the supply if it <br />is within 230 KV powerline easements, the floodway, protected wetlands or wetland <br />mitigation sites in Eugene, wetlands larger than 0.25 acres in Springfield or buffers <br />III-A-2 <br />Laurel Ridge Record (Z 15-5) Page 176 <br />