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ATTACHMENT D 660-009-0015 Economic Opportunities Analysis Cities and counties shall review and, as necessary, amend comprehensive plans to provide the information described in sections (1) through (4) of this rule: (1) Review of National and State and Local Trends. The economic opportunities analYsis shall identify the major categories of industrial and commercial uses that could reasonably be expected to locate or expand in the planning area based on available information about national, state and local trends. A use or category of use could reasonably be expected to locate in the planning area if the area possesses the appropriate locational factors for the use or category of use; (2) Site Requirements. The economic opportunities analysis shall identify the types of sites that are likely to be needed by industrial and commercial uses which might expand or locate in the planning area. Types of sites shall be identified based on the site requirements of expected uses. Local governments should survey existing firms in the planning area to identify the types of sites which may be needed for expansion. Industrial and commercial uses with compatible site requirements should be grouped together into common site categories to simplify identification of site needs and subsequent planning; (3) Inventory of Industrial and Commercial Lands. Comprehensive plans for all areas within urban growth boundaries shall include an inventory of vacant and significantly underutilized lands within the planning area which are designated for industrial or commercial use: (a) Contiguous parcels of one to five acres within a discrete plan or zoning district may be inventoried together. If this is done the inventory shall: (A) Indicate the total number of parcels of vacant or significantly underutilized parcels within each plan or zoning district; and (B) Indicate the approximate total acreage and percentage of sites within each plan or zone district which are: (i) Serviceable, and (ii) Free from site constraints. (b) For sites five acres and 'larger and parcels larger than one acre not inventoried in subsection (a) of this section, the plan shall provide the following information: (A) Mapping showing the location of the site; (B) Size of the site;