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<br />Table 48 <br /> <br />EXISTING LAND USE. PER 100 ,PERSONS,_ WAS,TEWATER SERVICE AREA - 2002 <br />City of San 'Marcos, Texas <br /> <br />Land, Use Cateaorv <br /> <br />-Single~F amilyResidential <br />Duplex Resi~ential <br />Manufactured Home Residential <br />Multi-Family Residential <br />Parks and Open Space <br />Public and Semi-.Public <br />Retaill Office I Commercial- <br />Industrial <br /> <br />Total'Oevelope'd Land Area: <br /> <br />Acres Per <br />1 00 Persons(1) <br /> <br />10~74 <br />0.26 <br />0.23 <br />0.91 <br />t.85 <br />2.2,1 <br />1.51 <br />1.53 <br /> <br />19.24 <br /> <br />(1) Based upon. population of 51,350 persons. <br />Source: ComprelJe,nsive Plan, updated to 2002. <br /> <br />IV. TEN-YEARGRO-WTH ASSUMPTIONS <br /> <br />Growth is characterized in two forms: population (residential land use) and nonresidential land use. <br />Several assumptions were necessary in order to arrive at reasonable growth rates for population <br />and nonresidential land use in the City of San Marcos and its service areas. The following <br />. assumptions hcwe been made as a basis from which ten-year projections could be initiated: <br /> <br />· Future land uses will occur as shown on the Future Land Use Plan (Comprehensi\e Plan). <br /> <br />· The City will be able to finance the necessary improvements to the water and wastewater <br />syst~ms to Ciccommod,ateexpected growth. ' <br /> <br />· School facilities. win~ccommodate expected increases in school-age population. <br /> <br />. DensitieswiHbe as projected, based upon anticipated 2Dning districts. <br />· Known or anticipated development projects will occur as. presently planned,. <br /> <br />The ten-year projections, or land use assumptions, are based upon the establishment of a <br />reasonable growth rate based upon past trends and/or other considerations. Alth()ugh the average <br />for ten. years was 461' units per year, the average.over the last five years was 707. units per y.ear. <br />Considering the historical issuance of single-family residential building permits (Table 2), <br />particularly within the last several years, the City's proximity to the Austin/San Antonio metropolitan <br />area, c<>mbinedwithanticipated development projects, dwelling permit.swere deemed as a <br /> <br />Land.Us'e Assumptions"for Impact Fees -- August, 2002 <br />'-City of San Marcos, Texas-' " <br />C:\DOCUME-1\THERIO-1 \LOCALS-1\Temp~al)dUseAssump-report 08212002.doc <br /> <br />"9 <br />