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WHEREAS, the P1amling Commission on November 21, 2005 recommended on a vote of 6-0 that the Council grant rezoning to RPUD Residential Plaivled Unit Development Distt•ict and grant general concept plan and preliminary plat approval subject to: 1) Defer to Park Commission and/or Council for recommendation on whether trails should be installed by applicant and who should pay for the installation. 2) Applicant shall agree to and incorporate into plans all of the recominendations of Applied Ecological Services (AES) regarding conservation design, etc. 3) Applicant shall provide a landscape plan per AES recominendations and per prior Plamling Cornmission discussions. 4) Applicant to provide evidence of MCWD approval for filling wetland in Lot 8; and WHEREAS, the Orono City Council makes the following findings in regard to this application for rezoning and RPUD General Concept Plan approval: FINDINGS A. Conuntuutv Mana�;ement Plan Conformitv; Rezoning 1. This application was reviewed as Zoning File#OS-3131. 2. The entire property is currently zoned RR-1B One Family Rural Residential Zoning District, requiring a minimum residential lot size of 2.0 acres. The property consists of approximately 10.3 acres in total, comprised of three separate tax parcels, containing an e�isting single family residence, a church, and chL�rch related outbuildings. 3. The property is guided in the 2000-2020 Orono Community Management Plan (CMP) for single family residential use at a density of up to 3 units per acre. The proposed layout contains 9 single-family lots (1 existing home and 8 new vacant building lots) on 5.03 acres for a density of 1.79 Luiits per dry-buildable acre (2.12 units per dry acre if private road is excluded). The proposed use of the property is consistent with the Orono 2000-2020 Coirununity Management Plan (CMP) guiding of the property Page 2 of 14