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li <br />1 <br />t <br />I <br />i <br />% <br />r# <br />i <br />n <br />I <br />i <br />i <br />i <br />9 <br />> <br />> <br />9 <br />t <br />t <br />♦ <br /># <br />f <br />j <br />i <br />Barriers to Urban Development <br />Utilizing the UldMUSA defined above, we analyzed the feasibility of extending the existing <br />MUSA out to the UltiMUSA. This area of potential MUSA service between the existing MUSA <br />and the UltiMUSA became the ‘study area ’ (Figure 3). First obstacles to the orderly extension <br />of the current system into this study area were identified. Obstacles were defined as land uses <br />that would remain undeveloped or would substantially add to the cost to extend municipal <br />services through or around. The first obstacle identified was parks (Figure 4), ne.xt industrial and <br />public lands “non-residential ” (Figure 5), then wetlands (Figure 6), and finally large lots <br />(Figure 7). The composite of all of these barriers is shown on Figure 8. <br />STUDY AREA <br />CATEGORY ACRES <br />STUDY ARE A 550,619 <br />BARRIERS 260,554 <br />DEVELOPABLE STUDY AREA 290.064 <br />BARRIER TYPE ACREAGE <br />10 acre and less 102.255 <br />20 acre and less 28,231 <br />Wetlands 122,278 <br />Parks 38,350 <br />Industrial 5,536 <br />Vacant Indjuitriai 4,858 <br />Pubiic/Semi-Pub lie 2,585 <br />Vacant Public/Scmi-Public 6,591 <br />Airports 1,475 <br />TOTAL BARRIERS*260,554 <br />• The lotaJ is less than the sum of the parts because some barriers overlap each other