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CMP Part 2. Community Management Plan Foundation <br /> 5. Urban developments will be limited to the extent that they can be adequately <br /> served by the existing or planned public facilities and services. New development <br /> will not be permitted to exceed the existing or planned capacity of local roads, utilities, <br /> parks, police and fire protection. Where development within the urban area requires <br /> local extension of roads or utilities, such extension will be the full responsibility of the <br /> developer, not the general taxpayer. <br /> 6. Higher levels of public services will be provided in the urban area than in the rural <br /> area. The greater land use density and the greater number of residents combine to <br /> require more intensive levels of public services. Police, fire, and ambulance calls are <br /> more frequent. Roads,parking lots, parks, and playgrounds require more maintenance. <br /> Public sewer and water is necessary because of population density and proximity to the <br /> lake. All of these factors combine to increase the cost of government in the urban <br /> portions of the city. <br /> Rural Area Goals And Policies <br /> Rural Community Goals <br /> 1. To maintain the rural character of open spaces and closeness to the natural environment. <br /> 2 To retain the opportunity for rural commerce such as farming, orchards, greenhouses, <br /> stables and similar activities which require limited services but relatively large amounts <br /> of open space. <br /> 3. To retain the opportunity for a diversity of housing types and alternative use <br /> expectations. <br /> 4. To prevent the encroachment of urban development or any activity which would in any <br /> way adversely affect Lake Minnetonka or its associated watershed. <br /> 5. To evaluate public service requests so as to limit the financial burdens on the <br /> community and the landowners alike. <br /> Rural Planning Policies <br /> 1. Future rural developments will be guided so as to have minimal impact on the <br /> land or on the existing rural neighborhoods. Rural developments will be permitted <br /> only at rural densities and only where the land is capable of self-supporting the <br /> necessary on-site sewer and water services. Care will be exercised to ensure that no <br /> new development encroaches upon its neighbor's open space activities. <br /> 2. Rural neighborhoods will be reserved for low-density residential and quasi- <br /> agricultural land uses. Commercial services will continue to be provided in the urban <br /> areas of Orono and adjoining municipalities.No new commercial or industrial activities <br /> will be permitted in the rural service area except those quasi-agricultural uses that do <br /> not require central sewer or other urban services. <br /> City of Orono Community Management Plan 2020-2040 Part 2, Page 18 <br />