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Total <br /> 1980-1990 I 1990-2000 1980-2000 <br /> 746 Acres 908 Acres <br /> 1 ,654 Acres <br /> Residential development brings in its wake the need for land for non-resi- <br /> dential purposes such as shopping, schools, churches, fire stations and <br /> the like. Orange County outside the Town's planning jurisdictions needs a <br /> smaller amount of land for these associated uses because of the lower <br /> density of residential development then occurs in urban areas. For Hills- <br /> borough Township this situation is compounded by the small size of the <br /> Township, making most areas reasonably accessible to the Town and its <br /> commercial and institutional facilities. Therefore, the need for extension <br /> commercial development outside Hillsborough and its planning jurisdiction <br /> is unneccessary. It is also important from an energy efficiency standpoint <br /> to direct commercial (and low-medium density residential ) uses toward areas <br /> that are already served by water and sewer lines, as well as other urban <br /> type services. The projection for additional commercial land is only one <br /> acre to account for some low intensity uses at the designated activity nodes. <br /> Thus the Total Acres Needed is: <br /> TOTAL <br /> • <br /> 1980-1990 1990-2000 1980-2000 <br /> 746.5 908,5 1655 <br /> Since industrial development usually has little or no market relationship <br /> to local residential development, it has not been calculated as a part of <br /> the Township needs. Instead, industrial land needs were computed for the <br /> entire County and are included in the County-wide Summary. <br />