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Goal <br /> <br /> Provide viable residential communities so all residents can choose sound, affordable housing that <br /> meets individual needs. <br /> <br /> ,Findings and Policies <br /> <br /> .Thc findings and policies in this element are organized by the followim, seven tooics related to <br /> housing and reside~nt_ial land.'_ " · <br /> <br /> Residential Land Supply and Demand <br /> · Residential Density <br /> · Housing Type and Tenure <br /> · Desi..ma and Mixed Use <br /> · Existing Housing Supply and Nei..v. hborhood~ <br /> · Affordable, Special Need, and Fair Housing <br /> · Coordination <br /> <br /> Residential Land Supply and Demand <br /> <br /> Findings <br /> <br /> 1. By 2015, the Eugene-Springfield Metropolitan UGBStudy Area is projected to reach a <br /> population of <br /> 256.000 ....vccn -m~ r~n and 31 <br /> <br /> ~This is a 29 p~ment increase ~om the estimated 2000 c~nsus population <br /> 22~,~00~ <br /> <br />2. Averag~ household size has b~n d~c]ining both nationally and locally due to a v~ty of <br /> factors. This trend will result in the need for more dwelling units to house population <br /> ~owth. <br /> <br />3. Based on the 201 ~ projected population ~d average household size, there is a n~ed for <br /> b~tween 40,000 ~d 49,000 new housin~ units in the Bugene-Spfin~fidd UGB b~tw~n <br /> 1992 and 201~. <br /> <br />4. There is sufficient buildable residential land within the existing UGB to meet the future <br /> housing needs of the projected population. In fact, the 1992 residential buildable land <br /> supply exceeds the 1992-2015 residential land demand in all residential categories. <br /> Assuming land is consumed evenly over the period, by 1999, there will be at least a 20- <br /> year supply of residential land remaining inside the UGB. <br /> <br />5. Undeveloped residential land is considered unbuildable and removed from the supply if it <br /> is within 230 KV powerline easements, the floodway, protected wetlands or wetland <br /> mitigation sites in Eugene, wetlands larger than 0.25 acres in Springfield or buffers <br /> <br /> III-A-2 <br /> <br /> <br />