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LAND USE JUNE, 1980 <br /> 2 . ORONO' S RURAL SERVICE AREA PROVIDES THE OPPORTUNITY FOR QUASI- <br /> AGRICULTURAL LAND USES. Greenhouses , orchards , <br /> truck farms , riding stables and recreation areas <br /> such as large golf courses and park reserves are <br /> not possible in more crowded urban areas but they <br /> are compatible with rural residential properties . <br /> Thus , the total commercial activity of Orono is <br /> broader and more varied than if the City were all <br /> urban or all rural . <br /> 3. RURAL DENSITY IS LIMITED BY NATURAL CONDITIONS . <br /> Development of rural Orono is naturally limited <br /> by a number of conditions including extensive <br /> wetlands , steep slopes and areas of high water <br /> table , which factors influence building locations <br /> and transportation options as well as the location <br /> and spacing of on-site sewage treatment systems. <br /> 4 . THE EXISTING RURAL AREA WILL NOT BE URBANIZED. <br /> Orono ' s Community Management Plan is not a staged <br /> growth plan . The urban service area will not be <br /> expanded into the rural area . Municipal urban <br /> services will not be extended into the rural area <br /> or across open , rural lands . Rural land uses <br /> and rural land use density will be maintained at <br /> a level to ensure that private on-site sewer <br /> systems will operate satisfactorily and that <br /> rural wetlands and drainageways will not be <br /> overloaded with storm water nutrient pollution . <br /> 5. RURAL LAND USES AND DENSITIES DO NOT REQUIRE URBAN SERVICES. <br /> Urban services are not compatible with rural <br /> land use . Extension of certain urban services , <br /> such as extensive public road maintenance or <br /> municipal sewer or water cannot be economically <br /> justified or easily provided to developments <br /> in rural areas or at rural densities . <br /> 6 . RURAL LAND USES DO NOT REQUIRE MUNICIPAL SEWER SERVICE. <br /> Orono ' s soil , topography and low-density rural <br /> land use provide the ingredients necessary to <br /> assure safe , adequate , permanent on-site sewage <br /> treatment and waste water disposal without <br /> hazard to ground water , surface water or the <br /> public health. <br /> CMP 4-20 <br />