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CMP Part 3B. Land Use Plan - <br /> 2. Orono's rural area provides the opportunity for quasi- agricultural <br /> land uses. Greenhouses, orchards, truck farms, riding stables and <br /> recreation areas such as large golf courses and park reserves are not <br /> possible in more crowded urban areas but they are compatible with rural <br /> residential properties. Thus, the total commercial activity of Orono is <br /> broader and more varied than if the City were all urban or all rural. <br /> 3. Rural densit,y is limited b�- natural conditions. Development of rural <br /> Orono is naturally limited by a number of conditions including extensive <br /> wetlands, steep slopes and areas of high water table, which factors <br /> influence building locations and transportation options as well as the <br /> location and spacing of on-site sewage treatment systems which rely on <br /> soil treatment of sewage effluent. <br /> 4. The existing t-ural area «�ill not be urban' . r��ornmun'r <br /> Mana�eir�rif-P"an is no staged growth an. Except in limited cases as <br /> � identified in this plan, the rban area will ded into the <br /> area. n services will not be extended into the rural area or <br /> across open, rural lands. Rural land uses and rural land use density will be <br /> maintained at a level to ensure that private on-site sewer systems will <br /> operate satisfactorily and that rural wetlands and draina�eways will not be <br /> overloaded with storm water nutrient pollution. <br /> �. Rural land uses and densities do not require urban services. Urban <br /> sei�ices are not compatible with i-ural land use. Extension of certain urban <br /> services, such as extensive public road maintenance or municipal sewer or <br /> water cannot be economically justified or easily provided to developments <br /> in rural areas or at rural densities. <br /> 6. Ruc•al Iand uses do not i-equire municipal sewer service. Orono's soil, <br /> topo�-aphy and low-density rural land use pro��ide the ingredients <br /> necessary to assure safe, adequate, pet7nanent on-site sewage treatment <br /> and waste water disposal without hazard to ground water, surface water or <br /> the public health. Extension of sewer seivice to properties in the rural <br /> area will be avoided, except when necessary to protect the public health, <br /> or to avoid or eliminate negative impacts to surface and groundwaters. <br /> Future expansions of the sewer system into the Rural Area to solve <br /> existing neighborhood sewage treatment problems or along the lakeshore <br /> to avoid or eliminate potential ne�ative impacts on lake ��ater quality, will <br /> not result in a reclassification of those neighborhoods fiom Rural to <br /> Urban. Expansion of the sewer system into the Rural Area will not result <br /> in the provision of additional urban sen�ices, nor will it result in changes <br /> to allowed developinent densities. <br /> Cit�� of Orono Communit��Management Plan 2008-2030 Page 3B-22 <br />