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<br />Table 3-4. lands des nated for commercial and industrial uses, <br />Metro UGB and unin rporated lane County <br /> <br />Jurisdiction <br /> <br />Eugene <br />Springfield <br />Metro Urban Growth Area <br />Metro UGB Total <br /> <br />Acres in <br />Commllnd <br />Designation <br /> <br />5,023.8 <br />2,690.7 <br />2,376.9 <br />10,091.4 <br /> <br />Constrained <br />Acres <br /> <br />Unconstrained <br />Acres <br /> <br />1,306.3 <br />481.0 <br />830.8 <br />2,618.1 <br /> <br />3,717.5 <br />1 ,546.1 <br />2,209.7 <br />7,473.3 <br /> <br />Source: analysis by ECONorthw t' <br /> <br />The T AC and other ressed concern that some of the land in the database <br />was in government own r. hip and not available for development. Consistent with <br />the parameters of the da a. ase, any tax lot that has an employment land <br />designation (in whole or i part) was included in the database. This includes areas <br />in west Eugene that are ned by the BLM and other government agencies and <br />are actively being restor as wetlands. These lands have industrial plan <br />designations, yet they cl rly are unavailable for development. Not all <br />government lands, how r, are unavailable for development. For example, the <br />Metropolitan Wastewat i ommission owns land in the UGB in north Eugene in <br />industrial designations. t ',' s currently using those lands for its bio-solids <br />management program. lands, however, could become available for <br />development in the futu e j <br /> <br />Table 3-5 shows tot I cres in commercial and industrial designations within <br />the Metro UGB. The da a show that about 1,653 of the 10,091 acres in the land <br />base are in government nership (federal, state, county, or city). That leaves <br />8,439 acres in private 0 ership; of those acres 6,707 are unconstrained acres. <br /> <br /> Constrained Unconstrained <br /> Acres in Acres in Acres in Acres in <br /> Government Private Private Private <br />Jurisdiction Ownership Ownership Ownership Ownership <br />Eugene 5,023.8 912.0 4,111.9 807.6 3,304.2 <br />Springfield 2,690.7 223.7 2,467.1 429.0 2,038.1 <br />Metro Urban Growth Area 2,376.9 517.0 1,859.8 495.2 1 ,364.6 <br />Metro UGB Total 10,091.4 1,652.7 8,438.7 1,731.8 6,706.9 <br /> <br /> <br />Table 3-5. lands de i nated for commercial and industrial uses in <br />public and private 0 ership, Metro UGB and unincorporated lane <br />County <br /> <br />Source: analysis by ECONorthw s <br />Note: Government designations ntified by tax exempt status from RLlD data. <br /> <br />The LCOG databas .. eludes 20 generalized land use classifications. Based <br />on conversations with t T AC and development experts, ECO developed five <br />classifications that rang rom built to vacant. Parking emerged as an important <br />consideration-particul y in more densely developed areas. So, the database <br /> <br />Commercial and Industrial Lands Database <br /> <br />ECONorthwest <br /> <br />September 2006 <br /> <br />Page 14 <br />