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CMP Part 3C. Housing Plan City of Orono Community Management Plan 2020-2040 Part 3C, Page 6 Table 3C-1: Orono Population and Households 1970 - 2040 (Sewered and Unsewered Forecasts) Population Year 1970 1980 1990 2000 2010 2016 2020 2030 2040 Sewered -- -- -- -- 4,429 -- 5,150 6,170 6,740 Unsewered -- -- -- -- 3,008 -- 2,950 2,630 2,760 Total City 6,787 6,845 7,285 7,538 7,437 7,691 8,100 8,800 9,500 Household Year 1970 1980 1990 2000 2010 2016 2020 2030 2040 Sewered -- -- -- -- 1,780 -- 2,105 2,455 2,785 Unsewered -- -- -- -- 1046 -- 1,095 1,105 1,115 Total City 2,146 2,291 2,613 2,766 2,826 3,037 3,200 3,560 3,900 Persons/HH 3.16 2.99 2.79 2.73 2.63 2.53 2.53 2.47 2.44 Source: Metropolitan Council System Statement Orono's land use plan accommodates all planned population growth in a variety of housing opportunities. The forecast population increase of approximately 2,000 persons in the next twenty years translates into a housing demand of approximately 800 new dwelling units. This average of 40 new dwellings per year is consistent with Orono's rate of building permit issuance during the past two decades. Based on the Land Use Plan, approximately two-thirds of these new units are expected to develop in the urban area. Successful development of a wide range of housing alternatives is directly related to the ability to obtain the necessary infrastructure and public services. Affordable housing and many forms of lifecycle housing are most appropriate at urban densities where services, employment, and transportation are available, without the need for an automobile. In Orono, with urban infrastructure such as municipal sewer and water, and the wide range of urban services not available to 80% of Orono planned for low- density rural residential development, affordable housing may not be practical. New housing alternatives in Orono are anticipated to occur within the existing urban area as well as in specified urban area expansions that are detailed in the Land Use Plan. These housing options will include a range of housing styles and types at densities of 2 to 25 units per acre. Where feasible, affordable housing units will be incorporated within High Density Residential in the Land Use Plan. These designated areas are depicted in the Land Use Plan chapter of this Plan. Development Density and Housing Goals Minnesota Statutes 473.859 Subd. 2(c) states that the content of the land use plan element of comprehensive plans shall “include a housing element containing standards, plans and programs for providing adequate housing opportunities to meet existing and projected local and regional housing needs, including but not limited to the use of official controls and land use planning to promote the availability of land for the development of low and moderate income housing.”