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Sector Two Chapter 2 - Today The Built Environment Existing Land Use Sector Two encompasses 809.3 acres, or 1.26 square miles; 7% of the 19.3 square miles in the City of San Marcos. According to the December 1996 survey by the City of San Marcos Planning and Development Services Department, the Sector Two existing land uses by category are: Table 2-1 Existlnq Land U Land Use Category Acreage Single Family 351.7 Vacant* 258.8 Right-of-Way 90.5 Public and Institutional 58.3 Duplex 28.2 Commercial 9.4 Open Space / Floodway 6.8 Multi-Family 3.3 Industrial 1.6 Mobile Home 0.7 Total 809.3 se Percentage 43% 32% 11% 7.2% 3.5% 1.2% 0.8% 0.4% 0.2% 0.1% 100% *includes unused right-of-way Existing land use categories are defined by how the land is currently being used, and not by its existing zoning or its future land use map designation. The Sector Two Existing Land Use map is presented on the following page. Single Family The largest percentage of acreage in Sector Two is single family land use (43%, or 64% of the non-vacant land). Single family includes one single family dwelling unit per lot. Single family homes are located throughout Sector Two and dominate the Greater Castle Forest, Oak Heights, and Park Place neighborhoods. Vacant & Right-of-way The second largest percentage of acreage in Sector Two is vacant land (32%), which includes unused city road right-of-way. The majority of the vacant land in Sector Two is located west of the Greater Castle Forest and Westover neighborhoods with other large vacant tracts in the Oak Heights and Southwest Hills neighborhoods. In addition, 11 % of the land in Sector One is right-of-way for existing streets. Public and Institutional Approximately 7 percent of the acreage in Sector Two is public and institutional. Most of the public and institutional land uses are located on Bishop Street or Ranch Road 12, the two thoroughfares in Sector Two. The exception to this is Crockett Adopted: July 23, 2001 2-5