TABLE VI-2

Past and Present Land Use

City of Kalamazoo

1976

1996

Major Land Use

Acres

Percent

Major Land Use

Acres

Percent
Residential

Low Density (1 to 4 du/ac)


4,214.28

45.3
Residential

Single-Family


4,254.23

38.0
Medium Density (5 to 10 du/ac)

High Density (11 du/ac or more)

1,222.91

658.03

13.1

7.1

Duplex

Multiple-Family

Mobile Home Park

115.83

779.63

117.10

1.0

7.0

1.0

Commercial

Retail/Service


751.05

8.1
General Commercial

Neighborhood Commercial

Highway Service Commercial

Parking Lot

505.90

97.31

77.07

83.98

4.5

0.9

0.7

0.8

Wholesale

Office

88.84

127.61

1.0

1.4

Office/Professional Services 211.221.9
Industrial

Light

Heavy


219.43

793.38


2.4

8.4


Industrial

1,358.09

12.1
Parks

Parks


1,226.39

3.2

Recreation/Open Space/Parks

1,170.30

10.5
not reported
Public/Quasi-Public 2,396.4721.4
Subtotal Developed Land

Right-of-Way

Vacant residential

9,301.92

not reported

1,754.43

100.0
Right-of-Way

Vacant

11,187.13

2,821.24

2,160.84

100.0
Total 16,169.21