Underutilized Land Inventory

Communities can prepare inventories of land to encourage development or redevelopment of appropriate sites. These inventories may include vacant lands, vacant buildings, or brownfield sites.

The inventory can include information on the physical characteristics of each site (soil types, slope, etc.), availability of utilities, access to transportation facilities, and the character of the surrounding area (land use, zoning, etc.). Sites can also be evaluated for their suitability to support various types of development. Such inventories can be used by the community, municipalities, real estate brokers, and developers to identify, market, and develop land effectively. In addition, such an inventory can be a step towards identifying tracts where the current community policies (e.g., zoning, utility policies, building codes) discourage development or redevelopment efforts.