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RPUD Ordinance- 4th Draft December 18, 2000 Page 1 <br /> i <br /> SEC. 10.33 RPUD RESIDENTIAL PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT. <br /> Subd. 1. Purpose. The purpose of the Residential Planned Unit Development (RPUD) <br /> district is to provide a district which will allow for the implementation of certain residential housing <br /> goals established in the 2000-2020 Orono Community`tanagement Plan(`CMP'or`Comprehensive <br /> Plan'). The RPUD District is established to accommodate the densities and types of residential <br /> development contemplated in the CMP by incorporating the principles of the Planned Unit <br /> Development concept. The RPUD District will encourage the following: <br /> A. flexibility in land development and redevelopment in order to utilize new <br /> techniques of building design. construction and land development; <br /> B. provision of housing to meet lifecycle,and low affordable and moderate cost <br /> housing needs; <br /> C. energy conservation through the use of more efficient building designs and <br /> sitings and the clustering of buildings and land uses; <br /> D. preservation of desirable site characteristics and open space and protection <br /> of sensitive environmental features, including steep slopes, poor soils and <br /> trees; <br /> E. high quality of design and design compatible with surrounding land uses, <br /> including both existing and planned; <br /> F. sensitive development in transitional areas located between different land <br /> uses and along significant corridors within the city; and <br /> G. development which is consistent with the Comprehensive Plan. <br /> Subd. 2. Permitted Uses. Within the RPUD District, no land or structures shall be used <br /> except for one or more of the following uses: <br /> A. Any `Permitted Use' as regulated in the R-1A District (Ed. Note: this <br /> includes one-family single dwellings; public owned parks and <br /> playgrounds; and municipal buildings). <br /> B. Multi-family attached dwellings only when consistent with the <br /> Comprehensive Plan. and only within the areas of the City designated as <br /> Urban Area in the Comprehensive Plan. <br />