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CMP Part 3B. Land Use Plan <br /> LAND USE GOALS AND POLICIES <br /> Orono's Land Use Plan is based upon the following goals and policies which <br /> in turn have been actively developed and fostered by Orono residents over the <br /> last 25 years. <br /> LAND USE GOALS <br /> 1. To reinforce Orono's environmental protection commitment, <br /> with special emphasis on the protection of Lake Minnetonka and <br /> Orono's other lakes. <br /> 2. To maintain the historic identity and character of the separate <br /> urban and rural neighborhoods. <br /> 3. To provide appropriate places for a variety of local residential, <br /> educational, recreational, industrial and neighborhood <br /> commercial activities. <br /> 4. To protect neighborhoods from encroachment of incompatible <br /> land uses. <br /> 5. To coordinate Orono's land uses with that of neighboring <br /> communities. <br /> 6. To coordinate land uses and developed density with the financial <br /> and physical capabilities of the City and its citizens to provide the <br /> necessary public facilities and services. <br /> GENERAL LAND USE POLICIES <br /> 1. The boundary between Orono's Urban and Rural Areas is fixed. <br /> Orono's Urban Area will not be strictly defined by the Metropolitan <br /> Urban Service Area(MUSA) boundary or future expansions of the <br /> MUSA boundary but will be fixed by this and the other elements of <br /> the Community Management Plan. Orono's defined Urban and <br /> Rural Areas are best described by the planned development types and <br /> densities. Areas where the zoned density allows no more than 1 unit <br /> per 2 acres is deemed Rural; areas where the zoned density allows <br /> more than 1 unit per 2 acres is deemed Urban. Orono's Urban and <br /> Rural areas are depicted and fixed by Map 3B-2. <br /> City of Orono Community Management Plan Page 3B-14 <br /> September 2000 <br />