Table 127
EXISTING AND PROPOSED LAND USE IN THE REGION: 1985
AND 2010 RECOMMENDED REGIONAL LAND USE PLAN
Planned Increment
Existing 1985        1985-2010          Total 2010
Percent                               Percent
Land Use Category            Acres     of Total  Acres   Percent    Acres    of Total
Urban
Residential
Urban High Density...........      27,797      1.6     1,817      6.5     29,614     1.7
Urban Medium Density ...........  54,153      3.1    30,776     56.8     84,929     4.9
Urban Low Density...........       94,618      5.5     3,039      3.2     97,657     5.7
Suburban Density ...............   8,035      0.5     1,344     16.7      9,379     0.6
Subtotal                         184,603     10.7    36,976    20.0     221,579    12.9
Commercial ....................      8,714      0.5     1,320     15.1     10,034     0.6
Industrial. .................        12,080      0.7     5,186     42.9     17,266     1.0
Transportation, Communication,
and Utilitiesa... ................  120,279    7.0    14,560     12.1    134,839     7.8
Governmental and Institutional . . .  17,240     1.0     1,042      6.0     18,282     1.1
Recreational.....................   25,564b     1.5     4,089c    16.0     29,653     1.7
Unused Urban Land............       19,215      1.1    -8,400    -43.7     10,815     0.6
Urban Subtotal                   387,695    22.5     54,773    14.1     442,468    25.7
Rural
Residential. ................-          d        --721                         721 -
Agricultural ................       931,956     54.1   -40,487     -4.3    891,469    51.8
Other Open Landsf.............     401,462     23.4   -15,007     -3.7    386,455    22.5
Rural Subtotal                 11,333,418   77.5    -54,773     -4.1  1,278,645    74.3
Total                          1,721,113    100.0        0      0.0   1,721,113   100.0

alncludes off-street parking areas.
blncludes net site area of public and nonpublic recreation
sites.
c/ncludes only that net site area recommended for public
recreation use.
Source: SEWRPC.
sions in rural areas as well as to unplatted,
developable land at rural residential
densities.
7. A plan file was prepared including for
each quarter section planned acreages for
the major categories of land use, planned
population and household levels, and
planned employment levels for the
year 2010.
PLAN DESCRIPTION
As previously indicated, under the recommended
land use plan for southeastern Wisconsin, the

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dincluded in 1985 land use inventory as part of urban
residential land use.
eLess than 0. 1 percent.
fIncludes woodlands, water, wetlands, unused rural land,
landfill sites, and quarries.
population of the Region may be expected to
reach a level of about 1,911,000 persons by the
year 2010, an increase of about 168,300 persons
over the 1985 population level, while employ-
ment may be expected to reach about 1,095,000
jobs by the year 2010, an increase of 223,100 jobs
over the 1985 level. The plan proposes to accom-
modate this growth in population and employ-
ment through the conversion of approximately
86 square miles of land from rural to urban use
by the year 2010. The future land use pattern
proposed by the plan is shown on Map 57 and
is summarized for the Region overall in
Table 127 and for the individual counties and
planning analysis areas in Appendices C and D.

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