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UUfLf Ll DRAFT Land Use City of Centervllle 2030 Comprehensive Plan . Provide an alternative to motor/zed vehicle transportation by developing design standards and densities that support multiple modes. Centerville is currently over 80% developed and by 2020 will likely approach or reach full build out. While the focus of the previous Comprehensive Plan was to guide and manage growth to occur In a contiguous and efficient manner, this plan will focus on the appropriate land uses for the small amount of remaining vacant land, some emerging opportunities for redevelopment. Growth Assumptions/Land Availability It is estimated there are currently 270 acres of vacant or agricultural land In Centervllle. This includes land Inside and outside of the MUSA. Future development In CentervUle will be limited to a few key areas of the City, which were the focus of the Planning Commission and City Council during the plan update process. These areas Included: commercial and Industrial land near the City's eastern border, agricultural and vacant land near the northern and southern borders, and redevelopment areas near the downtown and the lakes. Figure 8 shows the actually use of the land In Centervllle today, regardless of planned land use. This map Identifies vacant land. and provides a basis for future planning. Table 17 below shows existing land use acres In Centervllle. Table 17 . Existing Land Use Acres Exlstlna Land Use Gross Acres AorlculturalNacant 270.07 Cltv Park 33.38 Commercial 32.99 Industrial 50.34 Manufactured Homas 7.58 Mulll-Famllv Resldenllal 49.89 Public/Semi-Public 43.71 Reolonal Park Reserve 142.89 Rural Resldenllal 15.52 Slnnla Famllv Rasldenllal 555.48 Rlnht-of-Wav 162.68 Ooen Water 194.38 Total CItv 1.558.92 Wetland 264.43 A major goal of the City Is to achieve a sustainable population of over 5,000 In order to qualify Centervllle for Local State Aid funding for roads and other benefits that cities of this size are eligible for. This goal Informed the development of land use alternatives and the selection by the Planning Commission and Council of a preferred alternative and ultimately the development of a final Future Land Use Plan Figure 14 shows the areas of potential change that were the focus of the plan update. A number of altemative land use scenarios were developed for these areas during the planning process, with the uses shown In the Future Land Use Plan (Figure 15) emerging as the preferred alternative. Wetlands, right of way, and where applicable, 52