VOLUME 2: BACKGROUND TABLE OF CONTENTS Chapter 1: Introduction ___________________________________________________________ 1 1.1 How to Use Volume II _______________________________________________________________1 1.2 Periodic Review Process and Work Program ____________________________________________1 1.2.1 Summary of Periodic Review Products ________________________________________________________ Periodic Review Factor #1. ______________________________________________________________________ Periodic Review Factor #2.Periodic Review Factor #3. ________________________________________________ 1.3 Physical Environment _______________________________________________________________6 1.3.1 Physical Features _________________________________________________________________________ 1.3.2 Climate _________________________________________________________________________________ 1.3.3 Soils ___________________________________________________________________________________ 1.3.4 Environmental Quality _____________________________________________________________________ 1.3.5 Flood Plains _____________________________________________________________________________ 1.4 Population Trends and Projections ____________________________________________________9 1.5 Year 2020 Projections ______________________________________________________________11 1.6 Demographic Characteristics _______________________________________________________11 1.6.1 Race and Gender __________________________________________________________________________ 1.6.2 Age Distribution __________________________________________________________________________ 1.6.3 Income _________________________________________________________________________________ 1.6.4 Poverty _________________________________________________________________________________ 1.6.5 Education _______________________________________________________________________________ Summary____________________________________________________________________________15 Chapter 2: Sustainable Economic Growth ____________________________________________17 2.1 Introduction & Organization ________________________________________________________17 2.2 Employment Projections ____________________________________________________________17 2.2.1 Data Sources _____________________________________________________________________________ 2.2.2 Methods ________________________________________________________________________________ 2.2.3 Projected Population Growth ________________________________________________________________ 2.2.4 Projected Employment Growth 1990-2020 _____________________________________________________ 2.2.5 Jobs-Housing Balance _____________________________________________________________________ 2.3 Commercial and Industrial Land Use Needs Projection __________________________________20 2.3.1 Employment Trends _______________________________________________________________________ 2.3.2 Recent Employment Trends _________________________________________________________________ 2.3.3 Projected Employment by Sector _____________________________________________________________ 2.3.4 Allocation of Employment by Sector to Commercial or Industrial Zones_______________________________ 2.3.5 Commercial and Industrial Land Needs Projection________________________________________________ 2.4 Commercial and Industrial Land Supply ______________________________________________23 2.4.1 Methods ________________________________________________________________________________ 2.4.2 Commercial Vacant Buildable Land Supply _____________________________________________________ 2.4.3 Industrial Vacant Buildable Land Supply _______________________________________________________ 2.5 Industrial and Commercial Land Demand & Supply Summary Comparison ________________25 City of Dallas Comprehensive Plan, Vol. II: Background Document - Page i Updated 2/2021 2.6 O ptions and Policy Choices for Meeting Commercial and Industrial Land Needs _____________25 2.6.1 Designation of Land to Meet Commercial Land Needs ____________________________________________ 2.6.2 Summary of Commercial Land Need Decisions __________________________________________________ 2.6.3 Industrial Land Allocation __________________________________________________________________ Chapter 3: Residential Neighborhoods_______________________________________________32 3.1 Introduction ______________________________________________________________________32 3.2 Statutory Provisions Related to Residential Land Needs and Supply________________________32 3.3 Supply of Buildable Land within the UGB _____________________________________________32 3.4 Designation of Land to Meet Multi-Family Housing Needs _______________________________33 3.5 Livable Residential Neighborhoods ___________________________________________________36 3.5.1 Low Density Residential (Single Family) Siting Criteria____________________________________________ 3.5.2 Medium and High Density Residential (Townhome and Multi-Family) Siting Criteria_____________________ 3.6 Designation of Land to Meet Multi-Family Housing Needs________________________________38 3.6.1 Mixed Use Nodes___________________________________________________________________ 3.6.2 Master Planning Requirements_______________________________________________________________ 3.6.3 Minimum Densities________________________________________________________________________ 3.7 Housing Implementation Strategies___________________________________________________40 Chapter 4: Parks, Schools & Open Space _____________________________________________40 4.1 Introduction ______________________________________________________________________40 4.2 Existing Parks and Open Space System ________________________________________________40 4.2.1 Existing Parks ____________________________________________________________________________ 4.2.2 School Facilities __________________________________________________________________________ 4.3 Level-of-Service (LOS) Standards ____________________________________________________44 4.4 City-Wide Parks and Open Space Service Levels ________________________________________45 4.4.1 1997 City-Wide Park Level-of-Service_________________________________________________________ 4.4.2 Year 2020 Projected City-Wide Park System Level-of-Service ______________________________________ 4.5 Neighborhood Levels-of-Service ______________________________________________________46 4.6 Proposed Park and Open Space Facilities ______________________________________________47 4.6.1 Master Planning Areas _____________________________________________________________________ 4.6.2 Other Proposed Park Facilities _______________________________________________________________ 4.7 Needed Public School Facilities ______________________________________________________49 4.7.1 State and Local School Size and Siting Criteria __________________________________________________ 4.7.2 Estimated School Facility Needs _____________________________________________________________ 4.7.3 School Siting Opportunities _________________________________________________________________ Chapter 6: Urban Growth Management _____________________________________________ 51 6.1 Urban Growth Management Program ________________________________________________51 6.1.1 Economic Effects of New Growth ____________________________________________________________ 6.1.2 Farm Land Preservation ____________________________________________________________________ 6.1.3 Purpose of an Urban Growth Program _________________________________________________________ 6.2 Urban Growth Boundary ___________________________________________________________53 6.2.1 Locational Considerations __________________________________________________________________ City of Dallas Comprehensive Plan, Vol. II: Background Document - Page ii Updated 2/2021 6.2.2 Implementation Measures ___________________________________________________________________ 6.3 Demonstrated long-term Land Needs _________________________________________________55 6.3.1 Commercial and Industrial Land Needs ________________________________________________________ 6.3.2 Residential Land Needs ____________________________________________________________________ 6.3.3 Public and Semi-Public Land Needs ___________________________________________________________ 6.3.4 Summary of Year 2020 Urban Land Needs _____________________________________________________ 6.4 Buildable land inventory ____________________________________________________________57 6.4.1 What is a “Buildable land inventory” __________________________________________________________ 6.4.2 Definitions ______________________________________________________________________________ 6.4.3 Information Sources _______________________________________________________________________ 6.4.4 Methods ________________________________________________________________________________ 6.4.5 Residential Land Supply ____________________________________________________________________ 6.4.6 Commercial Land Supply ___________________________________________________________________ 6.4.7 Industrial Land Supply _____________________________________________________________________ 6.4.8 Public/Semi-Public Land Supply _____________________________________________________________ 6.4.9 Summary of Buildable Land Within 1996 Dallas UGB ____________________________________________ 6.5 Comparison of Year 2020 Land Need, with 1996 Buildable Land Supply ____________________61 6.6 Comparison