POLK COUNTY BROADBAND PLAN
Table 30. CFRPC Generalized Future Land Use Category Descriptions
Generalized Future Land
Use Category
Description
Very High Density Residential
(RVH)
Residential development 25 dwelling units (DU) per acre and greater, but
generally greater than that allowed in the High Density Residential category.
Residential, High Density
(RH)
Residential development up to approximately 25 dwelling units per acre,
but generally greater than that allowed in the Medium Density Residential
category.
Residential, Medium Density
(RM)
Residential development up to approximately 12 dwelling units per acre,
but generally greater than that allowed in the Low Density Residential
category.
Residential, Low Density (RL)
Residential development up to approximately 5 dwelling units per acre, but
greater than that allowed in the Very Low Density Residential category.
Residential, Very Low Density
(RVL)
Residential development of less than one dwelling unit per acre.
Residential, Unknown
Density (RU)
Residential development of which the density is unknown or unspecified.
Agriculture (AG)
Land specifically designated as Agricultural in the comprehensive plan.
May include silvicultural or ranching uses. Occasionally includes extremely
low residential densities, in the range of 1DU/100 acres primarily, but
occasionally as high as 1 DU/10 acres. This is often the default Future Land
Use for rural areas.
Recreation/Open Space (REC)
Public or privately owned/operated recreational sites or facilities to include
both active and passive recreational opportunities (All Recreation, Open
Space, Parks, Public Active, Water Dependent uses [beach], Institutional/
Recreational, recreational/public mixed use, Golf course, corridor open
space, Multi-purpose open space, greenbelt, commercial recreation
[low intensity outdoor rec uses-campgrounds, fish camps, etc.], natural
resources/rec/open space, rural recreation and other recreational or open
space categories).
Conservation (CONS)
Areas known to require environmental protection from development,
areas being preserved that contain wetlands and/or habitats that serve
to protect valuable threatened species and natural resources (Private
and public conservation lands, Wetlands categories, passive recreation,
institutional/conservation, marsh, conservation open space, public
resource, wetland conservation, natural resource, conservation/floodplains,
resource management/recreation, resource protection, passive park/buffer
area, potential environmentally significant, preserve, environmentally
sensitive lands, environmental systems corridor, conservation/protected,
conservation/restricted).
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