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21 <br />The projected population of 23,196 residents in the year 2005 <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 residential uses. This is based on an average lot size <br />of 1.08 acres, the size of an average lot subdivided in all <br />jurisdictions of the Township from 1980 to 1987. The lot size <br />used, much smaller than in other townships, reflects the <br />ability of the infrastructure to serve higher densities. <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 direct association with <br />residential acreage that other non - residential uses do. Areas <br />of the Township that are suitable for industrial uses should <br />be set aside for such purposes. Three hundred acres are set <br />aside for industrial requirements during the course of the <br />plan period. <br />Allocat oa 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 />* `;�3t4�i veaal de�reie� eat,. <br />whi APprofziately be served by a <br />MM*AMMM__ NO w,uld be directed <br />veeeat is withis the Town of <br />H �4' & tuition <br />*Commercial and industrial development occurring outside <br />the Towns planning jurisdiction should be located in <br />activity nodes, which. provide a more reasonable and <br />3.9 -14 <br />