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CMP Part 3B. Land Use Plan <br /> LAND USE GOALS AND POLICIES <br /> Orono's Land Use Plan is based upon the following goals and policies which in <br /> turn have been actively developed and fostered by Orono residents over the last <br /> ?S 35 years. <br /> LAND USE GOALS <br /> 1. To reinforce Orono's environmental protection commitment, with <br /> special emphasis on the protection of Lake Minnetonka and Orono's <br /> other lakes. <br /> 2. To maintain the historic identity and character of the separate urban <br /> and rural neighborhoods. <br /> 3. To provide appropriate places for a variety of local residential, <br /> educational, recreational, industrial and neighborhood commercial <br /> activities. <br /> 4. To protect neighborhoods from encroachment of incompatible land <br /> uses. <br /> 5. To coordinate Orono's land uses with that of neighboring <br /> communities. <br /> 6. To coordinate land uses and developed density with the financial and <br /> physical capabilities of the City and its citizens to provide the <br /> necessary public facilities and services. <br /> GENERAL LAND USE POLICIES <br /> 1. The boundary between Orono's Urban and Rural Areas is fixed. <br /> Orono's Urban Area will not be stric�ly defined by the Metropolitan Urban <br /> Service Area (MUSA) boundary or future expansions of the MUSA <br /> boundary but will be fixed by this and the other elements of the <br /> Community Management Plan. Orono's defined Urban and Rural Areas <br /> are best described by the planned development types and densities. Areas <br /> where the the zoned density allows no more than 1 unit per 2 acres is <br /> deemed Rural; areas where the zoned density allows more than 1 unit per <br /> 2 acres is deemed Urban, Orono's Urban and Rural areas are depicted and <br /> fixed by Map 3B-l. <br /> City of Orono Community Management Plan 2008-2030 Page 3B-16 <br />