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CMP Part 4B. Sanitary Sewer Plan City of Orono Community Management Plan 2020-2040 Part 4B, Page 13 4. Orono will provide municipal sewer extensions to lakeshore areas and non-lakeshore areas within the MUSA when it is determined that municipal sewer is preferable to long-term use of on-site sewage treatment systems. 5. The costs of extending municipal sewer to existing neighborhoods will be borne primarily by the property owners being served. 6. The costs of extending municipal sewer to serve new residential and nonresidential development will be borne entirely by the developer. FUTURE SANITARY SEWER SYSTEM Orono’s Plan for future sewer facilities includes upgrades to certain existing local sewer facilities, expansions of the system to service properties currently in the MUSA, and retrofitting a small number of existing neighborhoods with municipal sewer service. These system improvements and expansions are not expected to require additional capacity allocation in metropolitan sewer facilities. MUSA Expansion The city proposes a minor expansion of the MUSA within the time period covered by this plan. This addition is shown on Map 4B-2 as area 51. Future demands on the sanity sewer system will come as areas within the existing MUSA develop. While the City has no staged development plan, and currently has not scheduled projects outside the existing MUSA, any future MUSA expansions will be considered within the context of the following guidelines: The city will use the priorities outlined in Table 4B-12 to assess whether or not to request a MUSA expansion from the Metropolitan Council. Table 4B-12: MUSA Expansion Priorities Priority 1 Properties that abut the shoreline of Lake Minnetonka and all other Orono lakes Priority 2 Properties that abut City-protected tributaries, and all other properties within the Shoreland Overlay District Priority 3 Existing substandard developed lots not covered by Priorities 1 and 2 and developed prior to 1985 that have failing septic systems abd do not have an alternative site available to replace said system. Priority 4 New development using clustering that permanently preserves blocks of open space. Priority 5 Conforming developed lots not covered by Priorities 1 and 2 and developed prior to 1985 that have failing septic systems and do not have an alternative site available to replace said system. Priority 6 New or existing development not covered by priorities 1, 2, 3, 4, or 5.