Existing Land Use
South Hillsborough County
City of Tampa
80.0%
70.0%
60.0%
50.0%
40.0%
30.0%
20.0%
10.0%
0.0%
Residential
Commercial
Industrial
Public/Institutional Open Space/Other*
*Open Space/Other also includes agricultural, and vacant
Figure 4. Existing land use comparison Source: Plan Hillsborough
2.2 Future Land Use
Future land use categories (FLUC) in the study area were evaluated using data from the Future Land Use Element of the Comprehensive Plan for Unincorporated Hillsborough County. A large percentage of the study area is currently designated to be residential (69%) in the future. Much of this residential land is designated for low to low-medium density residential (R-1, R-2, R-4, R- 6, and R-9) (42.2%). The Residential Planned-2 (RP-2) category, described in Technical Memorandum 1 , is located on the eastern portion of the study area and is intended for planned villages up to two dwelling units per gross acre. The future land use map designates 15,075 acres (16.7 %) as RP-2. A brief description of the Future Land Use Element as it relates to the study area and the Hillsborough County Future Land Use map can be found in Technical Memorandum 1: Review of Plans and Studies. FLUCs such as mixed use, natural preservation, and research corporate park were developed for future land use planning purposes and are not identified in the existing land use categories. Therefore, direct comparison of existing and future land use categories is not possible. The next major future land use category in the study area (16 percent) is designated for mixed- use development, including suburban, urban, and community mixed use. The mixed-use development areas are located on the western side of the study area along I-75. Less than ten percent of the land area is designated for natural preservation (9.3 percent). Agricultural land accounts for 0.3 percent of future land use. Smaller portions of the study area are designated
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