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Resolution No. 7210 <br />CMP Part 3B. General Land Use Plan <br />official controls to implement the housing element of the land use plan, which will provide sufficient <br />existing and new housing to meet the local unit's share of the metropolitan area need for low and moderate <br />income housing." Orono's share is forecasted at 154 new affordable housing units for the decade 2021- <br />2030. <br />EXISTING AND FUTURE LAND USE SUMMARY <br />Map 3B-2 depicts the existing land uses in Orono as of 2016. Table 3B-2: Orono Existing Land Use <br />Summary, shows just over 1/3 of Orono's total area is in open water; of the remaining 2/3 that is land <br />area, 92% is devoted to residential, parks & open space uses, or underdeveloped. <br />Table 3B-2: Orono Existing Land Use <br />Summar (2016) <br />Land Use Category <br />Acreage <br />% of City <br />Rural Preserve <br />302 <br />1.97% <br />Rural Residential <br />2,098 <br />13.66% <br />Island Residential <br />76 <br />0.49% <br />Urban Low Density <br />Residential <br />2,441 <br />15.90% <br />Urban Medium Density <br />Residential <br />32 <br />0.21% <br />Urban High Density <br />Residential <br />21 <br />0.14% <br />Commercial/ Office <br />86 <br />0.56% <br />Industrial <br />35 <br />0.23% <br />Park, Recreational and <br />Open Space <br />1,529 <br />9.96% <br />Undeveloped <br />3367 <br />21.93% <br />Right -of -Way <br />137 <br />TOTAL <br />15,356 <br />65% <br />Source: Existing Land Use Map <br />Note: Open Water is a dominant natural feature of Orono and represents 34.03 percent of the "land" area <br />of Orono. However, because it is not a land use, it is not included in Table 3B-2 above or on Map 3B -2a. <br />City of Orono Community Management Plan 2020-2040 Part 3B, Page 13 <br />