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. <br /> � CMP Part 3C. Housin�Plan <br /> Successful development of a wide range of housing alternatives is directly <br /> related to the ability to obtain the necessary infrastructure and public <br /> services. In today's market, affordable housing and many fornzs of lifecycle <br /> housing are only feasible at urban densities, which require urban infrastructure <br /> such as municipal sewer and water, and the wide range of urban services not <br /> available in the 80% of Orono that is planned for low-density rural residential <br /> development. <br /> New housing alternatives in Orono are planned primarily to occur within <br /> the exis�ing urban area as well as in specified urban area expansions that <br /> are detailed in the Land Use Plan. These housing options will include a range <br /> � of housing styles and types at densities of 2 to �15 units per acre. Where <br /> feasible, affordable housing units will be incorporated within multi-unit new <br /> housing development, in areas desi�nated for Mixed Use Medium-High Densit� <br /> Residential. and Hi�h Density Residential in the Land Use Plan .- <br /> Development Densitv and Housin� Goals <br /> Minnesota Statutes 473.859 Subd. 2(c) states that the content of the land use plan <br /> element of comprehensive pla�7s shall "include a housing element containirrg <br /> standards, plans and programs fo�° providirrg adequate housir�g opportur�ities to meet <br /> existing and projected local and regional housing rreeds, including but r�ot limited to the <br /> use of o�cial controls and la�rd use planning to promote the availabiliry of larrd for the <br /> development of low and nzoderate incori�e housing. " <br /> 2000-20I0 Housing Goals. In the 2000-2020 CMP the City of Orono did not <br /> strictly commit to providing a specific number of affordable housing units. <br /> Rather, as is shown in Table 3C-9, the City established a 2000-2010 goal of <br /> providing 160 `affordable' townhomes, with `affordable ownership' defined as <br /> owne�•-occupied townhome units developed at a density of at least 6 units per <br /> acYe; and a goal of 120 `affordable' rental units with `affordable rental' defined <br /> as attached multi family rental units developed at a density of�at least 10 units <br /> per ac��e. In its acceptance of Orono's 2000-2020 CMP, the Metropolitan <br /> Council recognized that the variety of economic factors inherent to Orono would <br /> make it impossible to develop housing that would meet the price-point definition <br /> of `affordable', and accepted the premise that provision of higher-density <br /> opportunities was a realistic method to allow for a variety of price-points. <br /> Orono has made significant progress toward meeting these goals. As described in <br /> greater detail later in this Chapter, the Highway 12 area "Stonebay" townhome <br /> development in and of itself, at an overall density of 6.23 units per acre (157 <br /> units on 25.2 net acres) will essentially meet Orono's 2000-2010 goal for number <br /> of owner-occupied townhomes. For rental units, the Orono Woods Senior <br /> Housing project completed in 2003 containing 62 uiuts at a density of 15.35 units <br /> per acre, accomplished half of the City's 120-unit multi-family rental goal. <br /> City of Orono Community Management Plan 2008-2030 Page 3G10 <br />