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204 <br /> In addition to acreage needed for homes, residential <br /> development creates in its wake the need for land to <br /> accommodate institutional and commercial uses, such as <br /> churches, shopping facilities, and recreational areas. The <br /> 1986 ratio of commercial and institutional land to <br /> residential land was 1 : 15. The rate of residential growth, <br /> however, grew faster than the rate of commercial growth <br /> between 1980 and 1987 . Hence, a ratio of 1 :20, or 0. <br /> of non-residentia land for every acre of residential land, <br /> non-residential <br /> is used. This brings the total land requirements to 3,415 <br /> acres. <br />