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WOO 12 199 In this area of the county, the urban service area boundary was modified as a result -of the settlement/compliance agreement with the Department of Community Affairs. While the principal purpose of the settlement agreement was to bring the county's plan into compliance, the effect of the agreement was to change the county's urban service area - and to reduce plan densities to meet several objectives of the Department of Community Affairs. The first objective was to reduce the county's residential allocation ratio. The residential allocation ratio is the relationship between the number of dwelling units allowed by the future land use map to dwelling units projected to be needed through the planning horizon (1990-2010). Before the settlement/compliance agreement with the Department of r ' Community Affairs, the county's residential allocation ratio was.' r��7a 11.6. This means that the county allocated 11.6 times as many " dwelling units for the county as a whole than are projected to be needed through the twenty year period of the plan. This 11.6 multiplier was calculated by utilizing the following formula: _ r• Multiplier = Total number of units allowed - Existing Units Projected number of units needed (1990-2010) Total number of units allowed = (total acreage of lands for each land use category) X (maximum number of units allowed for that land use category) According to the Department of Community Affairs, the residential - - allocation ratio should be as low as 1.25. In negotiations with the Department of Community Affairs, the county agreed to amend its Future Land Use Map to reduce its residential allocation ratio to 4.48. This was accomplished by reducing the extent of the urban service area, reducing residential densities in the agriculturally designated western areas,of the county, and reducing densities in some portions of the urban service area. The second objective was to reduce urban sprawl by constricting the county's urban service area (USA). The urban service area is an area within a jurisdiction that is programmed to receive infrastructure and services. Densities inside the USA are generally higher than densities outside of this area. Since the r urban sprawl issue is closely related to the residential allocation ratio, the over -allocation of residential land as referenced in the above paragraph would contribute to urban sprawl. The third objective was to protect agricultural lands from premature intrusion of low density residential development. Low density residential development is a type of urban sprawl which is generally incompatible with agricultural uses. Oftentimes, the intrusion of residential development into agricultural areas -will result in additional pressures for conversion of agricultural uses to urban uses. The proposed land use amendment would change the density and change the Urban Service Area (USA) boundary in the south portion of the county, along 58th Avenue. In this portion of the county, the urban service area boundary is 58th Avenue, except for a westerly protrusion which encompasses the Pine Tree Park subdivision.- This portion of the urban service area that incorporates Pine Tree Park extends west of 58th Avenue to 66th Avenue and is bounded by 4th Street to the south and 8th Street to the north. This area was included in the urban service area because Pine Tree Park is an existing -subdivision with substantial development. With the USA boundary being 58th Avenue, lands east of 58th Avenue retain an urban designation and have a density of three units to the acre. -while lands to the west of 58th Avenue are non -urban and have a density of 1 unit per 5 acres. 64