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-3- _ • Hugo plan has utilized a "goal, policy" planning approach to guide development.velo . The policies , which are very general, except for policy 4 4, are in conformance with the Metropolitan Development Guide. Policy # 4: "The policy will be to locate apartment structures adjacent to or very near major or secondary thoroughfares so as not to introduce an excessive amount of vehicular traffic onto minor residential streets and where possible, locate them so that they might serve as a "buffer" between single family homes and non-residential uses such as commercial and industrial areas ." While locating apartment structures adjacent to thoroughfares in order to avoid heavy use of residential streets may be justifiable, the use of apart- ment structures as a. buffer,! is:. generally unacceptable and is in conflict with the Housing Chapter of the Development Guide which states that "in community comprehensive plans , multi-family housing should not be provided for only in buffer and marginal locations and when negative .environmental factors are present. " Policy # 3: "The policy of the village shall be to limit single-family housing unit densities to one unit per gross acre of buildable land west of the Metropolitan Sewer Board' s Sanitary Sewer District # 1 boundary line, pending the availability of municipal sewer service, and to limit single-family housing unit densities to one unit per gross five acres of buildable land east of the Sanitary Sewer District's boundary line. is unclear as to densities f to be allowed where the area is sewered. Also, the term "buildable land" is left undefined . The density requirement of one housing unit per acre'within the urban district, as yet unsewered, is presently adequate and necessary; however, when the district is sewered in the near future such lot size will be too costly . • Within the "Rural District" residential development will be limited to a maximum of one housing unit per five acres . The intention is to protect the agricultural land. This technique has been proved a very ineffective means of protecting valuable agricultural land. 2 . Housing The Hugo housing profile shows high proportion of single--family units which is to be expected for a community so located. Housing Profile Type of Housing Quantity Percentage_. Single-family residential 568 70 . 3% Single-family farm residential 111 13 . 6% Multiple family 18 2 . 2 Mob?ie home 111 13 . 6% Vacant farm residential _..___3_. _•3_% .__ 811 100. 0%,