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'X <br />4 . SUMI-IARY OF OBJECTIVES <br />4.1 Background <br />The principal goal of all development in Orono as stated in <br />the Comprehensive Management Plan is the protection of the <br />Community's major surface water resources, both Lake Minnetonka <br />and Long Lake, together with other natural features. Because of <br />this, land use controls have been designed to limit storm water <br />run-off and non-point pollution. These controls for lakeshore <br />properties employ the concept of limiting hardcover to minimize <br />direct run-off into the lakes. The regulations for run-off in <br />the watershed away from the lake include reducing density to one <br />unit per 2 acres and in certain portions of the community to one <br />unit per 5 acres. This thereby limits the watershed hardcover by <br />reducing the amount of buildings and other imperious surfaces. <br />The one unit per 2 acre ratio is utilized because it has been <br />determined that this is the minimum lot area necessary to support <br />on-site sewage treatment systems. More intense development would <br />escalate the demand for density in order to defray the cost of <br />municipal water and sewer. <br />This comprehensive plan amendment applies the general goal <br />of environmental protection to an area which has substantially <br />different features than the balance of "Rural" Orono. <br />The primary consideration for alteration in land use was to <br />allow for compatible development that would be able to support <br />the increased costs resulting the necessary upgrading of muncipal <br />services such as transportation, utilities, and public service <br />provision. <br />... i <br />,v-