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CMP Part 3B. Land Use Plan <br /> line location was ori i�v le a�lly described and established b�y Council <br /> Resolution No. 1135 adopted April 14, 1980. It depicted almost exclusively those <br /> areas to which the City had previously provided municipal sewers. Durin� the <br /> 1980's and 1990's, Orono's MUSA boundary was formally revised a number of <br /> times to allow extension of municipal sewer service to existin��hborhoods <br /> abutting lakeshores or within the Shoreland Overlay District where it was <br /> determined that lon�-term use of on-site sewa�e treatment systems was not <br /> advisable. <br /> As part of its Metro 2040 Re�ional Growth Strate�v developed in 1996 (see <br /> Map 3B-2a) Metropolitan Council for discussion purposes su��ested that all but <br /> the northwestern tip of Orono would be in the MUSA by 2020. However. the City <br /> Council in the City's 2000-2020 CMP included a much smaller area within the <br /> MUSA (Map 4G2) to be consistent with the extent of City-planned municipal <br /> sewer extensions, and to be consistent with the development plans of our <br /> neighborin� municipalities. During the period 2000-2020, Orono planned to <br /> provide municipal sewer service to a limited number of additional parcels and <br /> nei�hborhoods which were outside the then current MUSA. Consequentl �,�a <br /> limited expansion of the MUSA occurred as part of the 2000 CMP update see <br /> Map 4G2). Those MUSA ex_pansions targeted two specific categories of <br /> properties: 1) developed and undeveloped residentially-zoned properties within <br /> the Shoreland Overlay District (areas within 1000' of protected lakes and <br /> tributaries); and 2) residentially-zoned properties within the Highway 12 corridor <br /> that had been identified for rezoning to allow increased-densitv housin�options. <br /> Orono's MUSA line location and intended MUSA expansions as shown on Map <br /> 4C-2 are consistent with, but not as expansive as, the Illustrative 2020 MUSA <br /> line depicted by the Metropolitan Council in its Metro 2040 Re�ional Growth <br /> Strateg.v. Orono's MUSA line location is consistent with the MUSA location and <br /> land use plans of ad'o� inin� municipalities. Orono's MUSA line location directly <br /> affects the detailed land use and facilities plans of the City. <br /> In the context of Metropolitan Council's 2030 Re�ional Development <br /> Framework adopted in 2004, the areas of Orono located within the 2020 MUSA <br /> are desi�nated as "Developin� Area" where Metropolitan Council �oals include <br /> local adoption of �lans and ordinances to accommodate local arowth through <br /> 2030 at densities of 3-5 units per acre (see Map 3S-2b). However. a majority of <br /> the land within the 2020 MUSA is fullv developed at lower densities. hence the <br /> availability of land for new higher densitv development is limited. <br /> Additionally. the areas of Orono outside the 2020 MUSA are desi�nated b� <br /> Metro�olitan Council as "Diversified Rural" where Metropolitan Council goals <br /> include accommodation of�rowth in clustered development patterns at a densitv <br /> no greater than 1 unit�er 10 acres. thus creatin� an `Urban Reserve' for future <br /> higher density development. Orono's available land for future development under <br /> ___.______ current and planned zonin� densities is extremely limited and widely scattered, <br /> City of Orono Community Management Plan 2008-2030 Page 3B-9 <br />