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111 URBAN GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT A. EXISTING LAND USE Existing land uses were identified by four (4) classifications. These are residential, commercial/industrial, recreational/institutional and agriculture/undeveloped. Existing land uses were collected and mapped as precisely as possible, however, the land use mapping must be recognized as still being fairly general and intended for planning use only. Exact parcel -by -parcel land use identification will be required when a specific annexation is proposed. Existing land uses are shown on Map 2. As previously noted, a remonstrance can be filed by property owners against an annexation initiated by the City Council. If the proposed annexation is desired by the City under the Option 1 type of annexation, one of the possible criteria that must be established is that the area have a resident population of at least three (3) persons per acre. Another possible criteria is that the area be at least sixty percent (60%) subdivided. The mapping of existing residential lands was performed in such a manner that the area classified as residential should meet either of these criteria. Small isolated clusters of residences or individual residential properties thus are not shown on Map 2. Conversely, new subdivisions that are not fully developed were mapped as residential land. At the time of a proposed annexation, the resident population and subdivided status will need to be checked for the 'specific territory being considered for annexation. The greatest concentration of residential land is located to the northeast of the City, generally east of the St. Joseph River. This overall area should easily meet the population density or 60°lo subdivided requirements, although there are some large undeveloped parcels of land that, if included in an annexation, could reduce the overall population density or subdivided requirements. The older residential areas between the St. Joseph River and Juniper Road should easily satisfy the population density criteria. The two general areas that have the next highest concentrations of residential land use are south of the City, between Locust Road and Miami Highway, and west of the City, between U.S. 20 and Grant Road/Crumstown Highway. These two areas, overall, will be very close to meeting either the density or the subdivided criteria and will need to be reviewed with respect to the actual boundary for any annexations proposed in the area. 19