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CMP Part 3C. Housing Plan <br /> <br /> <br />City of Orono Community Management Plan 2020-2040 Part 3C, Page 5 <br />The Housing Plan is an integral part of Orono's Community Management Plan. The policy decisions <br />relating to Orono's housing improvement programs complement and balance regional plans with local <br />concerns for historic development patterns, environmental protection, public health, fiscal responsibility <br />and general land use. <br /> <br />Orono's urban and rural areas provide distinctly different lifestyles, amenities and services which jointly <br />characterize the community as a whole. Each area has separate planning priorities and separate <br />environmental considerations. Urban areas and urban services will not be permitted to encroach on or <br />destroy the rural area of the city. <br /> <br />Orono has acknowledged the need for a wider range of housing alternative and has taken steps to <br />provide new locations for development of urban density housing where it will not be in conflict with <br />the rural area. Many of these areas have been guided or rezoned to allow for appropriate urban housing <br />densities and have become a part of Orono's urban area. <br /> <br />Orono's land use plan calls for development in both the urban and the rural portions of the City. <br />The urban area will see new residential development on the existing vacant lots and undeveloped parcels <br />similar to the forms of development typical of the closer-in suburbs. Opportunities exist for substantial <br />rehabilitation projects in the older urban neighborhoods and for scattered-site new construction of <br />affordable and lifecycle housing units. Overall urban density will not increase dramatically because of the <br />ecological considerations of proximity to Lake Minnetonka. <br /> <br />The rural area will see continued residential development at a steady pace. Strict subdivision review will <br />ensure adequate retention of privately owned and maintained open space, wetland conservation, and on- <br />site sewage treatment system site evaluation. The typical rural lot will continue to provide for a rural <br />lifestyle as the low investment in public services continues to make the land competitive with more fully <br />developed suburban properties. <br /> <br />Orono's land use plans and programs allow new urban and rural developments to provide <br />comparable cost housing opportunities. <br /> <br />The projected population numbers for 2020 through 2040 shown in Table 3C-1 reflect the gradually <br />decreasing size of the typical household, reduced from 3.16 persons per household (PPH) in 1970 to 2.63 <br />PPH at the 2010 census. Household sizes are projected to shrink even further to a level of 2.47 PPH by <br />2030. Orono’s 2030 population projection of 8,800 reflects an estimated 3,560 households at 2.47 persons <br />per household. <br /> <br />In Orono, the Land Use Plan is the determinant factor in future growth, rather than allowing growth to <br />drive the Land Use Plan. This is the cornerstone of Orono’s long-term development philosophy and <br />policies.