Table 81

GOVERNMENTAL AND INSTITUTIONAL LAND USE IN THE
REGION BY COUNTY: 1963, 1970, 1975, 1980, AND 1985

Governmental and Institutional Land Usea
1963             1970            1975            1980             1985
Percent          Percent         Percent          Percent         Percent
County       Acres  of Region  Acres  of Region  Acres  of Region  Acres  of Region  Acres  of Region
Kenosha . . . . . .  835    6.4    1,067    6.7    1,265     7.6    1,295    7.6    1,314     7.6
Milwaukee  . . .  6,286    48.0    6,921   43.6    7,030    42.2    7,097   41.7    7,154    41.5
Ozaukee . . . . . .  690    5.3     866     5.5      929     5.6    1,003    5.9    1,024     6.0
Racine . . . . . . .  1,271  9.7   1,731   10.9    1,802    10.8    1,814   10.6    1,813    10.5
Walworth .....   1,005     7.7    1,189    7.5    1,238     7.4    1,252    7.4    1,259     7.3
Washington . . .    669     5.1     909     5.7      978     5.9    1,074    6.3    1,087     6.3
Waukesha.... .   2,326    17.8    3,194   20.1    3,422    20.5    3,498   20.5    3,589    20.8
Region         13,082   100.0   15,877   100.0  16,664   100.0   17,033   100.0  17,240   100.0
Change in Governmental and Institutional Land Use
1963-1970        1970-1975       1975-1980        1980-1985       1970-1985
County       Acres   Percent  Acres   Percent  Acres  Percent  Acres   Percent  Acres  Percent
Kenosha . . . . . .  232   27.8     198    18.6      30      2.4      19      1.5     247    23.1
Milwaukee  . . . .  635    10.1     109     1.6      67      1.0     57      0.8      233     3.4
Ozaukee . . . . . .  176   25.5     63      7.3      74      8.0      21     2.1      158    18.2
Racine . . . . . . .  460  36.2      71     4.1      12      0.7      -1    -0.1       82     4.7
Walworth . . . . .  184    18.3      49     4.1      14      1.1       7      0.6      70     5.9
Washington . . . .  240    35.9      69     7.6      96      9.8      13      1.2     178    19.6
Waukesha . . . . .  868    37.3     228     7.1      76      2.2      91      2.6     395    12.4
Region           2,795   21.4     787     5.0     369      2.2     207      1.2    1,363     8.6
aExcludes off-street parking areas of more than 10 spaces.
Source: SEWRPC.

highway rights-of-way; railway rights-of-way
and yards; airport, railway, ship, bus, and truck
terminals; communication facilities such as
radio or television stations and transmission
towers; utility plants, such as sewage and water
treatment facilities; and all off-street parking
areas containing more than 10 parking spaces.
Transportation and related activities are inher-
ently large consumers of land. Next to residen-
tial land, the transportation, communication,
and utility land use category is the most exten-
sive type of urban development in the Region.

Because of their supportive nature, lands
devoted to transportation, communication, and
utility uses are closely associated with urban
development, with their greatest concentration
occurring in the urban centers. At the time of the
regional land use inventory in 1985, a total of
about 120,300 acres, representing 7 percent of the
total land area of the Region, were devoted to
transportation, communication, and utility uses.
The magnitude of this land use category ranged
from a low of about 8,600 acres in Ozaukee
County to a high of more than 36,300 acres in
Milwaukee County (see Table 83).

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