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Attachment 3 <br />LAND USE DENSITY OPTION DESCRIPTIONS <br />OPTION 4 <br />Lower Density Plan <br />(5-acre density except that the first 5 lots may be 2-acre density) <br />New Rural Buildout Units: <br />New Urbanizing Units: <br />Existing Dwellings: <br />(Both Rural and Urbanizing) <br />Gross Rural Buildout Density: <br />50,000 ± <br />Variable <br />Depends on Rezoning Potential <br />4,500 Acres Available <br />:13,600+ <br />1du/3.3ac± <br />Possible Total Population at Buildout: 150,000 ± <br />(Orange County Planning Jurisdiction) <br />Note: Does not include municipalities. As a comparison, the existing land use/zoning <br />plan would permit ion paper' 145,000 new units and 345,000 new population. <br />GOALS <br />4.1a Rural Economy and Character Protection <br />4.ib High Water Quality. Surface and Groundwater Protection. <br />4.1c Land Use Equity <br />4.1d Traffic Reduction/Air Quality <br />LAND USE CHANGE HIGHLIGHTS <br />4.2a Reduces Buildout population and density in rural areas that is lower than <br />historic densities. <br />4.2b Changes entire rural portion of County to same lower density program <br />presently found in Cane Creek and University Land Watersheds. <br />4.2c Lower density program of approximately i du/3.3 acres is similar <br />throughout all rural areas which promotes equity indiscriminate of water <br />supply watershed designation. <br />4.2d More marked difference between urban and rural density. <br />4.2e 80% of designated urbanizing areas are available for urban style growth <br />G:1Comprchensive Planning DiNGENE\2005 Public NearingsWov 21\OCGP-LUEPoIICyOplions\Land Use Density Optinn Descriptions i t 7505 doe <br />