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Partially Vacant Land 14 • City staff and the TRG engaged in a parcel -by -parcel review of all larger sub-taxlot pieces that were initially categorized as developed to determine if any of these sites have additional room for development (i.e., partially vacant land) or if they are fully developed (e.g., buildings, parking areas, infrastructure, developed multi -family open space areas). Several resources were used to complete this analysis including aerial photos, tax assessor information, regional land use codes, and local knowledge. The analysis is much more detailed than the safe harbor provisions for partially vacant lands and represents a methodology that the TRG felt was more thorough and reasoned than the safe harbor assumptions would have been. Table 5 shows the amount of partially vacant acres15 identified and sites are shown on Figures 4 and 5.16 o Low Density Residential partially vacant land. Table 5 shows the amount of partially vacant acres or the number of partially vacant lots identified on low density residential land, based on the size, slope and elevation factors that are used to determine the capacity of these lands in the Housing Needs Analysis ("HNA") at Part II of this Study.17 — All lots that were in a non-residential use (church, neighborhood commercial, etc.) were excluded from analysis. — All lots under 1 acre in size were also excluded, while some of these lots are assumed to have additional capacity, this capacity will be addressed under the redevelopment estimates. — All remaining lots over 1 acre in size were examined individually and those that are Developed with, or owned for, a non-residential use were excluded from the land supply / assigned no capacity. o Medium Density Residential partially vacant land. This review identified about 178.7 acres of partially vacant medium density residential land. 14 Cities must develop an inventory of vacant, partially vacant, and redevelopable lands that may be developed for future residential uses (ORS 197.296(3)). The statutes do not define "partially vacant" for residential land. Although the Envision Eugene land model originally identified these lots as "developed," the residential land supply reclassified these lots as "partially vacant" lots if they were Low Density Residential lots at least an acre, Medium Density Residential lots at least half an acre and High Density Residential lots at least an acre, with some development but room for more. The term "partially vacant" is used throughout this Study for consistency between the terminologies of other Eugene land inventories being completed at the same time. 1s Partially vacant acres refers to the site acreage excluding acreage with existing development. See Part II, the Housing Needs Analysis, section 4.1.3, for more information about the deduction for existing development on partially vacant residential land. 16 There is overlap between land shown on Figures 4-6 because partially vacant sites shown on Figures 4 and 5 are initially identified as developed on Figure 6. 17 The capacity of land for residential development during the 2012-2032 planning period is determined in Part II of this Study, at Chapter 4. There, the City applies one of three methods to estimate residential development capacity of vacant and partially vacant land. Two of the methods utilize the number of acres in the land supply and one utilizes the number of lots in the supply. See the Housing Needs Analysis in Part II of this Study, section 4.1.1, for more information about these three methods. Residential Land Supply Study I Final Part I — Page 9