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CMP Part 3B. General Lande Use Plan <br /> levels on Highway 12 through Orono and Long Lake. Environmental and social pressures have eliminated <br /> any plans for expansion of County Road 15 along the lakeshore. Orono will continue to promote and <br /> implement strategies to reroute traffic away from the lakeshore areas. <br /> Regional sewer service facilities plans were revised three decades ago in response to Orono's plans for <br /> low-density development. The final Orono-Long Lake Interceptor is in place with a design capacity for <br /> less than 8,400 Orono residents and a limited service area. In the early 1980's,the Maple Plain Interceptor <br /> was similarly designed to provide only limited capacity for Orono. These capacity limitations are <br /> consistent with Orono's goals for the rural area. <br /> Orono's commercial and economic development has always been centered in the historic town <br /> centers. The shopping, employment, education and social needs of Orono residents have been met by <br /> commercial facilities and shopping centers located in Navarre and in surrounding communities.Promotion <br /> of duplicate facilities in Orono would tend to be uneconomic and counterproductive. <br /> Orono's housing plan is intended to accommodate all planned population growth in a wide variety <br /> of housing opportunities. <br /> New urban housing will be in a variety of forms including single family homes on scattered vacant lots <br /> throughout the sewered area; planned residential developments including mixed single family, attached <br /> townhome, and apartment dwelling units on vacant sewered parcels along Wayzata Boulevard and in the <br /> Navarre Area. <br /> Most new rural housing will be on new lots of two to five acres net dry-buildable area, all with prior <br /> approved site evaluation and proof of adequate septic system operation. In Shoreland areas previously <br /> brought into the MUSA, new low- density rural development may be provided with municipal sewers to <br /> afford the maximum level of protection for Lake Minnetonka and other Orono lakes. <br /> Orono's comprehensive sewer policy plan is designed to provide an adequate, safe level of sewage <br /> treatment and waste water disposal for all urban and rural properties. Sewage treatment policies <br /> respect the limited regional capacity and the differing levels of service required by urban and rural <br /> neighborhoods.Municipal sewer capacity is available for projected urban development within the existing <br /> urban service area. <br /> Orono's transportation plan is tailored to the different needs of urban and rural neighborhoods. <br /> Near the lakeshore and in some rural areas, the collector roads are relatively slow speed with circuitous <br /> alignment dictated by the hills and bays rather than by commuter preference. <br /> The urban areas are provided with a typical network of city streets connecting residential and shopping <br /> areas with each other. The rural area is gridded-off with a core system of publicly maintained collector <br /> and minor arterial streets running at regular intervals. <br /> Orono's parks and open space facilities reflect different urban and rural characteristics.In the urban <br /> area, the City provides numerous small neighborhood parks and playgrounds offering centers for <br /> neighborhood activities such as swimming,skating,softball,and soccer. In addition,three larger preserves <br /> (Casco Circle, Saga Hill, and Highwood) offer substantial "natural" areas. In the rural area, a variety of <br /> City-owned parks and preserves offer a range of active and passive recreation opportunities. Large public <br /> and quasi-public recreational facilities include Three Rivers Park District lands, several golf courses, a <br /> City of Orono Community Management Plan 2020-2040 Part 3B, Page 6 <br />