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CMP Part 3C. Housing Plan City of Orono Community Management Plan 2020-2040 Part 3C, Page 13 neighborhoods are located along the Lake Minnetonka shoreline, or within 1,000 feet of the shoreline. These lands are environmentally sensitive to overuse or over development such as typically occurs with large scale developments. Urban residential development in a limited number of areas further from the shoreline at a density of 2-25 units per acre is compatible with Orono's environmental policies of limited hardcover and maximum retention of natural open space and vegetation to protect Lake Minnetonka. 2. A wider range of housing types will be provided by planned residential developments. A limited amount of land is available within the Urban Service Area for planned developments of townhomes, garden type apartments or mixed residential and limited commercial land uses. These housing clusters or multiple family developments will be acceptable only where full urban services are available and only where the proposed density is compatible with the neighborhood and with local environmental constraints. Multiple family developments generally will not be considered appropriate for lands within 1,000 feet of Lake Minnetonka. Additionally, County Road 15 is the key roadway serving Orono’s urban areas and particularly the Navarre area. It is not practical from an economic or environmental standpoint to expand County Road 15 to increase its capacity. Therefore, additional housing options will be primarily developed along Orono’s Highway 12 corridor in specifically identified areas that are or will be served by urban services. The City will consider proposals for developments that will provide housing types in furtherance of Orono’s housing goals as established in this Housing Plan. 3. Urban density residential development must occur within the defined Urban Area. Orono's Community Management Plan is not a staged growth plan. The Urban Area as defined in this Plan will not be greatly expanded into the defined rural area, and urban services and facilities will not be extended into the rural area for purposes of fostering or allowing increased development in those areas. 4. Urban density residential development will utilize existing or planned public services and facilities. New residential development will be allowed to infill existing vacant properties within the Urban Area consistent with environmental limitations and with the existing or planned capacities of water, sewer, drainage, transportation and recreational facilities. New development will not be permitted to overburden these services at the expense of the existing users. New urban development will not be permitted if it requires additional unplanned local or regional facilities capacity. 5. The City will promote scattered site development as opposed to large scale tract development within the existing developed urban area. 6. The City will promote rehabilitation of existing older or substandard homes. Whereas there is no identifiable block of deteriorated housing in the City, there are a substantial number of older homes or converted cottages that are in need of repair, energy conservation measures, or major rehabilitation. In many cases, these homes are occupied by low income or fixed