Table 6. School Acreage Needs (Source: Reference 19) 



Minimum 

 Type of School Acreage Desirable Minimum Acreage 



Preferred 

 Acreage Range 



5 + 1/100 ultimate enrollment 10-25 

 10 + 1/100 ultimate enrollment 25-50 

 20 + 1/100 ultimate enrollment 40-100 



Examples of educational service demand figures used in 0CS and energy 

 development environmental studies are shown in Table 7. 



3.5 RECREATION 



Demand for recreation facilities should be considered both for the 

 community as a whole and for each neighborhood. The demand for community- 

 wide facilities (such as major natural parks and public golf courses), can 

 be determined by applying the expected population increase to the suggested 

 standards (Table 8). These standards can be compared to the facility 

 standards used in one 0CS study (Example 8). 



Similarly, estimates of the demand for neighborhood recreation 

 facilities are based on estimates of the population increases for each 

 neighborhood. This can be done by assuming that the population of each 

 neighborhood will grow by the same percentage as the whole community, but 

 this overlooks both varying market forces and any efforts by the community 

 to manage its growth. Then, neighborhood recreational demand can be derived 

 from Table- 8 or Example 8. 



3.6 COMMERCIAL FACILITIES 



Forecasting the demand for and supply of commercial facilities is 

 extremely difficult. As with other induced demands, consultation with 

 state, regional or local planners is likely to be the best way of gaining 

 useful information. If all else fails, a yery rough approximation of space 

 needs for new commercial facilities can be derived by applying total 

 population added to the data in Table 9. An analysis of demand/supply and 

 location variables is essential before an even approximately accurate 

 determination of commercial impact can be made. 



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