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- CMP Part 3B. Land Use Plan <br /> CMP Part 3(B) <br /> LAND U SE PLAN <br /> INTROD UCTIDN <br /> This Land Use Plan is a refinement and restatement of the ongoing planning <br /> practices of Orono citizens. It respects and maintains the historic development <br /> patterns of the City. It continues the basic land use concepts developed by Orono <br /> Township in 1950 and it conforms to the goals established by the first organized <br /> comprehensive planning attempts in the mid 1960's. The 1974 Orono Village <br /> Comprehensive Guide Plan as approved by the Metropolitan Council on <br /> November 7, 1974, was updated in 1980 and again in 2000. This plan is an <br /> updated version of the �-�89 2000-2020 Orono Community Management Plan <br /> which was approved by the Metropolitan Council on co.,+o,,,�,o,. ,n� ,04� October <br /> 31, 2001. <br /> This Plan is prepared and presented for the following purposes: <br /> 1. The Land Use Plan is intended to be a management tool for City <br /> officials, City staff and other parties involved in land development <br /> and growth management in Orono. Land use planning is the most <br /> directly tangible evidence of a community's comprehensive planning <br /> objectives. Orono's land use plan indicates the basic location, density and <br /> types of land uses in the City that are considered to be compatible with <br /> environmental conditions and beneficial to the long term health, safety and <br /> welfare of the City and its citizens alike. For this purpose, it contains goal <br /> and policy statements consistent with the overall planning objectives of <br /> the City and it includes a map and brief land use description to illustrate <br /> the expected physical result of the pursuit of such objectives. This Plan is <br /> intended to assist officials in making decisions on various development <br /> proposals as they may arise. <br /> 2. The Land Use Plan is intended to be a guide for future development <br /> so as to reinforce our environmental protection commitment and to <br /> ensure such development will be consistent with existing land use, <br /> with the land use plans of adjoining cities and with the applicable <br /> provisions of the Metropolitan Council's b' 2030 <br /> Regional Development Framework. The content and direction of the <br /> Land Use Plan is based upon our environmental protection commitment <br /> and our expected development position within the immediate Lake <br /> Minnetonka area and within the Twin Cities Metropolitan Region as a <br /> whole. This Plan is ��compatible with the plans of nearby cities <br /> for land use of abutting neighborhoods and for overall levels of services <br /> and facilities available in the Lake area. <br /> City of Orono Community Management Plan 2008-2030 Page 3B-1 <br />