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CMP Part 3B. Land Use Plan <br /> � Services <br /> Big Island is provided with only a minimal degree of municipal services. There is <br /> no municipal sewer or water on the island, hence the use of individual septic <br /> systems and wells is common. The island is provided with telephone service and <br /> electric power via lines from the mainland. Police protection is minimally <br /> provided by the City of Orono and the Hennepin County Sheriff. Fire protection <br /> is provided by the Long Lake Fire Department although response time is <br /> understandably poor due to the lack of roads or bridges connecting the island to <br /> the mainland, and access to the island makes firefightinb extremely difficult. <br /> Other services such as street repair, snow removal, inspections, and regular <br /> garbage removal are difficult, uneconomical and in some instances virtually <br /> impossible to provide to residential property located on the island. <br /> Access <br /> There are no improved roads on Bib Island. A limited system of roadways and <br /> alleys was platted more than a century ago in the Morse Island Park and <br /> Pleasantview subdivisions, which primarily created narrow lakeshore lots but also <br /> resulted in a small number of inland lots not abutting the lakeshore and needing <br /> access to the lake. These platted corridors exist today as walking trails which on <br /> �occasion are used for vehicular access. Since most lots do abut the shoreline, use <br /> of the interior roadway system has been primarily by the owners of interior lots, <br /> and by owners of lakeshore lots with shoreline slopes that prohibit direct lake <br /> access. <br /> Vehicular access is necessary for nearly all island properties on occasion, hence <br /> the interior roadways are an important transportation element for Big Island. <br /> Overuse of the road system by residents or the general public is of concern, since <br /> the roads are not improved. Erosion and trespass are two main issues, because the <br /> roadways are not marked and they often traverse steep slopes, especially where <br /> lanes extend to the lakeshore. <br /> In 1971 the Citv Council took action to prohibit motorized vehicle traffic on all <br /> platted streets on Big Island. The reasons for this regulation included the lack of <br /> abilitv of the Citv to provide adequate police to protect the public safetv, the lack <br /> of ability for Orono to maintain and and plow- roads, and the lack of need of the <br /> public to use motorized vehicles on the Island. Althou�h signs prohibitin� <br /> vehicles on the Island were subsequentiv posted, the action to prohibit such <br /> vehicles was never formallv established via resolution and was never codified. <br /> The ban has not been eg nerallv enforced. The need for controls on vehicular use <br /> has become more apparent as Island p�erties re-devel�. <br /> City of Orono Community Management Plan 2008-2030 Page 3B-67 <br />