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(Page 3 . 6-10 ) <br /> 079 <br /> average size of a lot subdivided from 1980 to 1987 . <br /> In addition to acreage needed for homes, residential development <br /> creates in-- its wake the need for land to accommodate <br /> institutional and commercial uses , such as churches, shopping <br /> facilities, and recreational areas. The 1986 ratio of commercial <br /> and institutional land to residential land was 1 : 15 . The rate <br /> of residential growth, however, grew faster 'than the rate of <br /> commercial growth between 1980 and 1987 . Hence, a ratio of 1: 20, <br /> or 0 . 05 acres of non-residential land for every acre of <br /> residential land, is used. This brings the total land <br /> requirements to 3,415 acres. <br /> Allocation of Growth <br /> The primary task of the Land Use Plan is to geographically <br /> allocate growth throughout the Township• in accordance with the <br /> County-wide goals and policies and the Township organizing <br /> concepts. In actuality, the amount of land allocated to <br /> accommodate projected growth is substantially greater than the <br /> calculated need. This allows for variations in the availability <br /> of land and the exercise of market forces. <br /> The following allocation guidelines, which incorporate the <br /> descriptive framework of the County land use classification <br /> system, are derived from the County and Township policies to <br /> facilitate the process of determining the location of new growth <br /> in Cedar Grove Township: <br /> The majority of the Township is to be maintained as rural <br /> and agricultural since the predominant land use activities <br /> will remain related to the land. <br /> Rural non-farm commercial development will be allocated to <br /> designated activity nodes chosen so as to avoid negative <br /> environmental or economic impacts on agriculture. <br /> Industrial and high intensity commercial and non-farm <br /> residential development will be directed away from areas <br /> that, if developed at those intensities, would create <br /> negative impacts in the Upper Eno, Back Creek, Little River, <br /> Flat River or So $ <<Cr..k water supply watersheds . <br /> Information about land in the Township is "filtered" through a <br /> set of locational criteria, including the allocation guidelines, <br /> to determine whether a specific land use is appropriate for a <br /> particular area. The resulting analysis creates the basis for <br /> the classification of land in Cedar Grove Township. <br /> 11 <br />