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Future Land Use Pattern The subject property is designated AG -1, Agriculture (up to 1 unit per 5 acres), on the county's Future Land Use Map. Surrounding properties to the north, south, and west also share the AG -1 designation. Properties to the east across 58th Avenue are designated L-1, Low Density Residential, which permits development of up to three units to the acre. Urban Service Area and Residential Allocation Ratio The county's agriculturally designated areas, such as the subject property, are located outside of the urban service area. The purpose of the urban service area is to promote infill development, prevent urban sprawl, and provide for the efficient and economical extension of services needed for urban scale development. Managing growth involves the efficient provision of public services and infrastructure and the creation of well-planned communities. The county's urban service area designation is a tool to manage growth and encourage efficiency in locating infrastructure. 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 mget 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 Community Affairs, the county's residential allocation ratio was 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: Multiplier a 1.1 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 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 65