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• CMP Part 3B. Land L"se Plan ,(/t.� <br /> lirban and rural neighborhoods require differing levels of public services <br /> and facilities. The urban areas of Orono have sufficient density to require, and to <br /> financially support, municipal sewer and water services, increased police and fire <br /> protection, public works projects and public recreational facilities. These areas <br /> have such facilities in place and in sufficient capacity to accommodate all <br /> projected urban development. The rural areas, on the other hand, have limited <br /> density and have environmental restraints prohibiting urban density <br /> encroachments. The existing rural densities do not require extensive public <br /> services and, in fact, could not economically support an urban service level. <br /> Orono expects future development in both the urban and the rural portions <br /> of the city. The urban area is expected to have new residential infill development <br /> on the existing vacant lots and undeveloped parcels at densities consistent with <br /> the surroundinQ neighborhoods. Economic development will likely be limited to <br /> neighbarhood services in the existing Na��arre Area, and greater utilization of the <br /> industrial and commercial potential near Long Lake. While a significant amount <br /> of higher density housing will be developed to accommodate a wider ranae of <br /> affordability and lifecycle housing needs, overall urban density will remain <br /> relatively low (development in this planning period will ran�e from 0.5 to 1� units <br /> per acre) because of the ecoloQical considerations of proximity to Lake <br /> Minnetonka. y <br /> The rural area is expected to have continued residential development at a slo��, <br /> steady pace. Non-residential development will likely be limited to open space <br /> recreation. With the lar�e percentaae of wetlands, steep slopes and public open <br /> space, the majority of the rural area has been zoned to require a minimum of 2 <br /> acres of dry buildable land per residential lot, with an area in the northwest corner <br /> of the City requiring at least � dry buildable acres. When wetlands, roads, steep <br /> slopes and public open space are factored in, nearly 80% of the City's land will be <br /> developed at densities averaaing from approximately 1 unit per 3 gross acres up <br /> to 1 unit per 7 gross acres, sufficient to meet the City's environmental protection <br /> goals. The net developed density will be not more than 1 unit per 2 acres of <br /> dry-buildable land (0.� units per acre), this being determined on a detailed review <br /> of individual site conditions. <br /> Over time, changes in national priorities, population trends, metropolitan <br /> plans and metropolitan facilities have continued to reinforce the planning <br /> and de��elopment objectives of Orono. The 19�0's and 1960's were years of <br /> great expansion and reliance upon the powers of science and industry to solve all <br /> problems. Population b aphs showed gro��th projections running off the paper. <br /> Suburbs boomed while core cities were fightin� for their very survival. The <br /> 1970's brouQht a ne�v environmental a��areness and an understandinQ that nature, <br /> not science was the key to our planet's survival. This simply cauQht up to Orono's <br /> environmental protection philosophy that has driven development of the City <br /> since the 19�0's. <br /> Cit�- of Orono Communih-Management Plan 2008-2030 Paae 3B-10 <br />