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� <br /> . <br /> ���.�� �- I�`V t S l o�1 S <br /> � <br /> CMP Part 3B. Land l��se Plan <br /> Urban 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 /> densit� and have em�ironmental restraints prohibitin� urban density <br /> eneroachments. The existing rural densities do not requi��e 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 neti residential infill development <br /> on the existing vacant lots and undeveloped parcels at densities consistent with <br /> the surrounding neighborhoods. Economic development will likely be ]imited to <br /> neighborhood services in the existing Navarre Area, and ereater utilization of the <br /> industrial and commercial potential near Long Lake. While a significant amount <br /> of higher density housine will be developed to accommodate a wider range of <br /> affordability and lifecycle housing needs, overall urban density will remain <br /> relatively lo��(development in this olanning period will ranee from 0.5 to 15 units <br /> er acre�-a�rging€rem 1 ani��er aer�F� es rnt�eh as 1� �niF�-�e�aEre, � '*��. <br /> 3nditi idaal rn�}�i €amil�—s+�es—,��g�—as�-3—�s--p�--as�e) because of the <br /> ecological considerations of proximity to Lake Minnetonka. � <br /> The rural area is expected to have continued residential development at a slow, <br /> steady pace. Non-residential development will likely be limited to open space <br /> recreation. With the large percentage of wetlands, steep slopes and public open <br /> space, the majority of the i-ural area has been zoned to require a minimum of 2 <br /> acres of dry buildable land per residential lot,��ith 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 thc City's land will be <br /> developed at densities averaging from approximately 1 unit per 3 gross acres up <br /> to 1 unit per 7 gross acres, sufficient to meet the City's em�ironmcntal 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 development 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 graphs showed gro�vth projections running off the paper. <br /> Suburbs boomed while core cities were fightin� for their very survival. The <br /> 1970's brought a new environmental a��areness and an understanding that nature, <br /> not science was the key to our planet's survival. This simpl}�caught up to Orono's <br /> environmental protection philosophy that has driven development of the City <br /> since the 19�0's. <br /> City of Orono Communih-Management Plan 2008-2030 Page 3B-]0 <br />