Alternative 1: Five land use classifications were developed: Conservation (CONSV), Developed (DEV), Developable by 2025 (DEV2025), Water (H2O), and Stewardship (STEWARD) . Stewardship Lands combine agricultural and forests except steep slopes and poor soils were reclassified into Conservation. Stewardship Lands are meant for the production of food and fiber. Developed Land consists of already developed land. Developed 2025 consists of land to be developed by the year 2025 by proximity to roads, existing sewers, and poor soils near existing development. Water conservation areas also consist of preservation buffers that maintain the integrity of hydrological features. The classification scheme in this option produces a housing density of 6.2 DUs per acre (see Table 1 below.) Table 1. Land Classifications for Alternative 1 acres and overall percent of land inventory. Beta Hill, Nevada Land Classification PLAN 440/540 – Land Use Planning Team 2 Beta: Bear Braich, Christine Myers, Shem Norton, and Isaac Swanson Instructor: Kerry Brooks, PhD June 2, 2015 Classification Districts Acres in Class % of Township Acres Conservation (CONSV) 20,055 39.3% Stewardship (STEWARD) 25,071 49.1% Waters (H2O) 4,947 9.7% Developed (DEV) 980 1.9% Total 51,053 100% Classification Districts Acres in Class % of Township Acres Conservation (CONSV) 19,278 37.8% Stewardship (STEWARD) 25,071 49.1% Waters (H2O) 4,947 9.7% Developed (DEV) 980 1.9% Developable (DEV2025) 777 1.5% Total 51,053 100% Classification Districts Acres in Class % of Township Acres Conservation (CONSV) 19,244 37.7% Stewardship (STEWARD) 24,881 48.7% Waters (H2O) 4,763 9.3% Developed (DEV) 1,272 2.5% Developable (DEV2025) 893 1.7% Total 51,053 100% Alternative 2: This map depicts four land use classifications: Conservation (CONSV), Developed (DEV), Water (H2O), and Stewardship (STEWARD). Developable by 2025 (DEV2025) was eliminated as a category and those lands were reclassified as Conservation. The rest of the criteria and acreages for the land classifications stayed the same. This strategy focuses accommodation of expected 2025 population growth into already developed areas of Beta Hill, effectively increasing the overall density to 16.3 DUs per acre (see Table 2 for more information). Table 2. Land Classifications for Alternative 2 acres and overall percent of land inventory. Alternative 3: This map depicts five land use classifications: Conservation (CONSV), Developed (DEV), Developable by 2025 (DEV2025), Water (H2O), and Stewardship (STEWARD) . Development for 2025 was included in this alternative with the goal of offering some room for growth expansion near the city. The rest of the 2025 development would be located in satellite communities that focus on the production of food and fiber in Stewardship Lands. The rest of the land classifications stayed the same. The overall density of dwelling units decreased to 4.7 DUs per acre with the promotion of urban agriculture (see Table 3). Table 3. Land Classifications for Alternative 3 acres and overall percent of land inventory.