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CMP Part 3C. Housing Plan <br /> open space and vegetation to protect Lake Minnetonka. <br /> 2. A wider range of housing types will be provided by planned residential developments. A <br /> limited amount of land is available within the Urban Service Area for planned developments <br /> of townhomes, garden type apartments or mixed residential and limited commercial land uses. <br /> These housing clusters or multiple family developments will be acceptable only where full <br /> urban services are available and only where the proposed density is compatible with the <br /> neighborhood and with local environmental constraints. <br /> Multiple family developments generally will not be considered appropriate for lands within <br /> 1,000 feet of Lake Minnetonka. Additionally, County Road 15 is the key roadway serving <br /> Orono's urban areas and particularly the Navarre area. It is not practical from an economic or <br /> environmental standpoint to expand County Road 15 to increase its capacity. Therefore, <br /> additional housing options will be primarily developed along Orono's Highway 12 corridor in <br /> specifically identified areas that are or will be served by urban services. <br /> The City will consider proposals for developments that will provide housing types in <br /> furtherance of Orono's housing goals as established in this Housing Plan,for sites not currently <br /> 3. Urban density residential development must occur within the defined Urban Area. <br /> Orono's Community Management Plan is not a staged growth plan. The Urban Area as defined <br /> in this Plan will not be greatly expanded into the defined rural area, and urban services and <br /> facilities will not be extended into the rural area for purposes of fostering or allowing increased <br /> development in those areas. <br /> 4. Urban density residential development will utilize existing or planned public services and <br /> facilities. New residential development will be allowed to infill existing vacant properties <br /> within the Urban Area consistent with environmental limitations and with the existing or <br /> planned capacities of water, sewer, drainage, transportation and recreational facilities. New <br /> development will not be permitted to overburden these services at the expense of the existing <br /> users. New urban development will not be permitted if it requires additional unplanned local <br /> or regional facilities capacity. <br /> 5. The City will promote scattered site development as opposed to large scale tract <br /> development within the existing developed urban area. <br /> 6. The City will promote rehabilitation of existing older or substandard homes. Whereas <br /> there is no identifiable block of deteriorated housing in the City,there are a substantial number <br /> of older homes or converted cottages that are in need of repair, energy conservation measures, <br /> or major rehabilitation. In many cases, these homes are occupied by low income or fixed <br /> income persons who cannot undertake the needed work within their means. Maintaining <br /> existing neighborhoods and existing homes enables maintenance of affordability.Replacement <br /> of these homes, even with higher density development, would result in substantially increased <br /> housing prices. The City will promote private and subsidized public rehabilitation efforts to <br /> City of Orono Community Management Plan 2020-2040 Part 3C, Page 14 <br />