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      The Fayette Alliance
      Knox van Nagell
      Executive Director
      601 West Short Street
      Lexington, KY 40508
      859.281.1202
      director@fayettealliance.com

Fayette County Vacant Land Analysis
Major Category
Vacant Land
On 2001 CP*
Vacant Land Inventory 2005
Acres Absorb.**
Acres Abs. per Year**
Total Years to Consume
Absorption Rate per Year
% of Vacant Abs.
COM
1,089
687.58
401.42
66.90
10.28
6.14%
36.9%
IND
2,581
1,916.61
664.39
110.73
17.31
4.29%
25.7%
RES
9,454
5,673.09

3,780.91

630.15
9.00
6.67%
40.0%
PubSP**
884
681.40
414.50
69.08
9.86
7.81%
46.9%
Other
34
22.64
11.36
1.89
11.96
5.57%
33.4%
USA
LAND
14,042
8,981.32
5,272.58
878.76
10.22
6.26%
There was no vacant land designated to be HI, therefore this land use was left off the list.

Land Uses RO, DT, IMU1, IMU2, RTHD, RTPS, and OW were not included in this table. Their combined vacancy equals 19.616. IMU1 and IMU2 were created through the Newtown Pike Plan and the remainder are Infill and Redevelopment uses.

*2001 Comp Plan vacant acres=2000 Existing Land Use Inv. Jan 2000.
**A 211.9 acre U of K parcel was not counted as vacant in the 2000 Inventory but was in the 2005 Inventory.
POPULATION
PROJECTIONS
Source
2000 Census
2010
2020
2030
LFUCG Building Permits (2005)
260,512
305,338
-
-
KY State Data Center (2004)
260,512
281,613
310,262
331,212
Lexington Area MPO (2004)
260,512
-
-
333,000
KY State Data Center (2003)
260,512
294,294
327,341
358,122

Bernardin-Lochmueller (2003)

260,512
-
-
353,484
Average Projections
-
293,748
318,802
343,955
Projected Average Rate of Growth
-
12.76%
8.53%
7.89%
 
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