Top of the page shows population now and small growth under the Comprehensive Plan.    
"Partial Buildout" shows vastly bigger growth under the draft Zoning Ordinance.    
1. Projected Population     click for excel file       Homes, July 2006 (Census) People, July 2006 (Census)    
Cities         4,981 10,403    
Now, existing, outside cities         16,143 40,040    
Total County, includes cities         21,124 50,443    
Annual growth rate (Comprehensive Plan p.112)         1.5% 1.5%    
Total growth during 10 years, 1.5% growth per year (change blue numbers & see result) 3,391 8,098    
County total after the above growth, includes cities         24,515 58,541    
2. Partial Buildout Acres % of County Homes Authorized per Acre, after Open Space, Natural Resources Further Buildout as % of Authorized Additional Homes, at Percent Buildout Shown at Right Additional Accessory or Institutional Units Projected per Acre Additional Accessory or Institutional Units Total Additional Units Population, at Ratio Shown at Right Ratio of People to Homes:  
DRAFT DISTRICTS, 11/07 draft     (from table 4) (assumed) (calc) (assumed) (calc) (calc) (calc)    
Cities 9,360 7% 6 50% 28,081     28,081 58,688 2.09 in cities (based on Census 2000)
Government, outside cities 11,753 9% 0                
Agriculture 74,770 55% 0.23 80% 13,951 0.10 7,477 21,428 45,813   Outside Cities
Countryside 6,922 5% 0.35 20% 491 0.10 692 1,183 2,255 2.48 in basic units (based on Census 2006)
Estate 12,634 9% 0.67 20% 1,690 0.10 1,263 2,953 6,086 1.5 in accessory units
Residential 8,659 6% 2.46 20% 4,253 0.25 2,165 6,418 13,794    
Townscape 0 0% 12.35                
Village Conservation 882 1% 1 20% 176 0.25 220 397 768    
Neighborhood Conservation 4,630 3%   50% 1,216 0.25 1,158 2,373 4,751    
General Commercial 761 1% 0                
Business Park 4,911 4% 0                
Total growth outside cities         21,776   12,975 34,751 73,467    
Existing outside cities (above)               16,143 40,040    
Total projected outside cities, includes existing             50,894 113,507    
Total growth including cities               62,832 132,156    
Existing, including cities (above)               21,124 50,443    
TOTAL, INCLUDES EXISTING 135,283             83,956 182,599    
                       
Accessory units have 1 bedroom and are under 600 square feet (p.116), plus unlimited space with ceilings under 7 feet (p.253). "Institutional Residential" may have double density, with no limit on unit size (p.34). Condos count as institutions if they have a dining room or clinic (pp. 12, 34, 229).
Consultant agreed the proposals would overwhelm roads & other resources, but said any tighter controls on county density would be undermined by annexations.
Neighborhood Conservation is primarily on the mountain on tax maps CT21+23, HF12+13, K6-8. At last count (7/98) these maps had 1084 buildable lots, and 4041 unbuildable lots(www.listeners.homestead.com/files/BUILDABL.WPD). These are assumed buildable at a rate of a principal structure per 3 unbuildable lots. The buildout % shown is applied to this buildable total.
Other districts also have many unbuilt lots, as well as areas which can be subdivided at the new densities, which is why a 20% buildout is plausible.
Click to read tables 3 - 8. Once you are in the excel spreadsheet, click tabs at the bottom of the window.

Last Updated on 11/26/2007
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