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60 <br /> 1P <br /> The projected population of 23 196 residents in the year 2005 <br /> .==Lj== <br /> would require an estimated 4,966 dwelling units beyond what <br /> existed in 1987. This would place an additional 5,363 acres <br /> into resideffEMST uses. This is based on an avers�10�tSi�ze <br /> of 1.08 acres, the -size —o=-an ameracii.- = a- in all <br /> urisdict ons of the T wnshi from 1980 to 1987. The. lot size <br /> usedr muc smaller than in other townshi s. reflects ,the <br /> ablil o t <br /> Total acreage required, between 1987 and 2005 takes into <br /> account residential, commercial, institutional, ' and <br /> industrial needs. Institutional and commercial uses are most <br /> directly tied to residential increases, and a multiplier of <br /> one acre of new commercial/institutional acreage for every <br /> twenty acres of new residential acreage is used., Industrial <br /> acreage requirements do not have the it ags -301-JOU residential acreage that of h "S <br /> 16F the Township that are suitable for indust ial ujgS�_�nnld <br /> M-ser- asMe FFF such U osel. A nt-vpm -ER a" <br /> dsl Pie or in ustrial reggiremen s during the co <br /> Ran erio� . 0 <br /> Allocation of Growth <br /> The primary task of the a land use plan is to geographically <br /> allocate the anticipated growth throughout the Township in <br /> accordance with County-wide goals and policies,, as well as <br /> the Township organizing concepts. In actuality, the amount of <br /> land allocated to accommodate this growth will be <br /> substantially greater than the calculated need in order to <br /> allow for variations in the availability of land and the <br /> exercise of free market choice. <br /> The following allocation guidelines incorporate the <br /> descriptive framework of the County land use classification <br /> system: <br /> *Higher intensity residential and commercial development, <br /> which would most appropriately be served by a <br /> centralized water and sewer system, should be diricted <br /> first to suitable vacant land within the Town of <br /> Hillsborough and secondly to the Town's transition <br /> areas. <br /> *Commercial and industrial development occurring outside <br /> the Town's planning jurisdiction should be located in <br /> 14 <br />