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r NO V 171982 <br />K 5? ;,. <br />_ , -''tea . <br />Possible floor area of industrial development which might be <br />built. The proposed site is 135 acres in size. However, not <br />all of the 135 acres could be built upon. In calculating the <br />Possible floor area -a maximum figure. of 54 acres of construction <br />was used. The County's Zoning Ordinance requires in the LM -1, <br />Light Manufacturing District that no more than 40% of the lot <br />may be covered by principal and accessory structures. <br />The M-1, Restricted Industrial District has no maximum or minimum <br />-lot coverage regulations. Assuming that 40% of the 135 acres were <br />constructed on, 54 acres would be built. This does not include <br />the acres which would be required for road construction, so staff <br />feels that this figure represents a reasonable estimation of the <br />total floor area to be utilized for industrial Purposes. <br />Analysis <br />The first step in determining the costs of Industrial Development <br />is to determine the per capita County expenditures by service <br />category. Table 4 lists the County's total expenditures by service <br />category. Per capita expenditures are calculated by dividing the <br />County's total population of 38,432 into the total expenditures. <br />TABLE 4 <br />County's Per Capita Expenditure for Each Service Cateaor <br />Category <br />Total <br />Per Capita <br />Expenditure <br />Costs <br />General Gov.'t. <br />$6,806,037 <br />$177 <br />Public Safety <br />4,811,869 <br />125 <br />Public Works <br />81417,548 <br />219 <br />Health & Welfare <br />1,203,606 <br />31 <br />Recreation & Culture <br />593,774 <br />15 <br />Debt Service <br />1,082,317 <br />28 <br />Total <br />$22,915,151 <br />$595 <br />The second step in using this method is to estimate how many <br />employees development of this parcel might generate. Since <br />this analysis is of the consequence of industrial development <br />in general, not of a specific type of development, only general <br />standards for numbers of potential employees may be used. Industrial <br />plants have, on the average, one employee per 300 square feet net <br />leasable area. Warehouses have abogt one employee for every 750 <br />square feet of gross leasable area. Since the existing uses <br />surrounding the proposed site include these uses, these figures <br />will be used to calculate employee numbers. Fifty-four acres is <br />equal to 2,352,240 square feet. Allotting half of this floor <br />area to warehouse construction yields 1568 possible employees. <br />Allotting the other half of this floor area to construction of <br />manufacturing plants yields 3920 potential employees. Thus, <br />the County may expect approximately 5488 total employees as a <br />result of industrial development -on the proposed site. <br />Next, the percentage increase in per capita costs which can be <br />expected in each governmental service category should be multiplied <br />by the number of potential employees. <br />8�I11 & Listokin, p. 138 <br />