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Capacity Method 3: Smaller LDR Parcels <br />Like Capacity Method 2, this method is useful to account for the lower <br />residential densities that can be achieved in the City's south hills. This <br />method, however, is also useful to estimate the capacity of small lots <br />(mostly one acre or less): lots not likely to be further divided. <br />Table 34 shows the categories of LDR land included in Capacity Method 3 <br />in green highlight: <br />• Vacant parcels of less than 1 acre in size on land with a slope above <br />5% and an elevation below 900 feet. <br />• Vacant parcels of less than 1 acre in size on land with any slope and <br />an elevation above 900 feet. <br />• Partially vacant parcels 1 to 5 acres in size on land with a slope <br />above 5% and an elevation above 900 feet. <br />Table 34. Capacity method by category of land, with land included in <br />Capacity Method 3 shown in green highlight <br />Low Density Residential <br />Medium Density Residential <br />High Density Residential <br />< 900, <br />> 900, <br />< 900' <br />> 900' <br />< 900, > 900, <br />Slope <5% >_5 % <5% >_5% <br /><5% >_5% <br /><5% >_5% <br /><5% >_5% <br /><5% >_5% <br />< 1 acre* 1 3 <br />3 3 <br />1 1 <br />1 1 <br />1 1 <br />1 1 <br />1-5 acre 1 2 <br />2 2(V) <br />3 (PV) <br />1 1 <br />1 1 <br />1 1 <br />1 1 <br />5+ acre 1 2 <br />1 2 2 <br />1 1 <br />1 1 1 <br />1 1 1 <br />1 1 1 <br />*In parcels < 1 acre in LDR and HDR, this analysis applies to vacant land only. In parcels < 1 acre in MDR, this <br />analysis applies to vacant land and partially vacant parcels 0.5-1 acres <br />Source: 2012 Residential Land Supply, City of Eugene <br />This method multiplies the total number of lots by an assumption about <br />the density at which a lot will develop. Again, the arithmetic is <br />straightforward: <br />Lots * Density (du/lot) = Capacity (du) <br />For example: <br />100 lots * 1 du/lot = a capacity of 100 dwelling units <br />It is reasonably clear that, even in sloped areas and areas above 900' in <br />elevation (south hills), almost every reasonably sized, undeveloped lot <br />could develop with one home. For these smaller lots, an average density <br />"per acre" is not as accurate as a "one dwelling unit per lot" <br />measurement. To address the fact that there are some lots that are unlikely <br />to build without adding more acreage (e.g., very small "sliver" tax lots <br />with only hundreds of square feet and larger lots that may be fully <br />Page 124 ECONorthwest Part 11 — Eugene Housing Needs Analysis <br />