2030 Comprehensive Land Use Plan - Pitt County Government

Existing Land Use (Map A-4)As of July 2011, the Comprehensive Land Use Plan planning area consisted of 289,707 acres(453 square miles). (The planning area is defined as that area outside of municipal corporatelimits and extraterritorial jurisdictions (ETJs) and excluding the Northwest Planning Area that iscovered under a separate land use plan document.).Table A-31Pitt County Comprehensive Land Use StatisticsCategorySize/NumberComprehensive Land Use Plan Planning Area289,707 Acres(excluding Municipal Planning Areas)(453 sq. mi.)90,856 AcresMunicipal Planning Areas (corporate limits + ETJs)(142 sq. mi.)Planning Area StatisticsNumber of Parcels +/-15,000Number of Structures 20,378Source: Pitt County Planning Department, July 2011.The existing land use survey was conducted in 2010, and identified 17,383 residential structureswithin the planning area, of which 9,473 (54.5%) were site-built structures, and 7,843 (45.1%)were manufactured homes (Table A-32). The existing land use survey identified 813 nonresidentialstructures and 2,182 vacant or unknown structures within the planning area.The existing land use survey also revealed that 291,095 acres or 90.75% of the planning area isundeveloped/agricultural with only 6.1% of the planning area classified as developed (Table A-33). Non-residential land uses included commercial, industrial, institutional, andgovernment/utilities. Agricultural uses within the planning area consisted of row crops,intensive livestock operations, forestry and lumber production. Industrial uses includedsand/gravel pits, and salvage yards.2030 Comprehensive Land Use Plan Appendix A: Inventory and AnalysisPitt County, North Carolina A-53