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CMP Part 3B. Land Use Plan <br />EXHIBIT K|^ <br />LAND USE GOALS AND POLICIES <br />Orono's Land Use Plan is based upon the following goals and policies <br />which in turn have been actively developed and fostered by Orono <br />residents over the last 23 years. <br />LAKD USE GOALS <br />1. To reinforce Orono's environincnini protection <br />commitment, with special emphasis on the protection of <br />Lake Minnetonka and Orono's other lakes. <br />2. To maintain the historic identity and character of the <br />separate urban and rural neighborhoods. <br />3. To provide appropriate places for a variet)’ of local <br />residential, educational, recreational, industrial and <br />neighborhood commercial activities. <br />4. To protect neighborhoods from encroachment of <br />incompatible land uses.- <br />5. To coordinate Orono's land usc.s with that of neighboring <br />communities. <br />6. To coordinate land uses and developed density with the <br />financial and physical capabilities of the City and its <br />citi/ens to provide the ncccssar}- public facilities and <br />services. <br />\ <br />GENEItAL LAND USE POLICIES <br />1. The boundary between Orono's Urban and Rural Areas is <br />fixed. Orono’s Urban Area will not be strictly defined by the <br />Metropolitan Urban Service Area (MUSA) boundary or <br />future expansions of the MUSA boundary but will be fixed by <br />this and the other elements of the Community Management <br />Plan. Orono's defined Urban and Rural Areas are best <br />described by the planned development types and densities. <br />Areas where the zoned density allows no .more titan 1 unit per <br />2 acres is deemed Rural; areas where the zoned density <br />allows more than I unit per 2 acres is deemed Urban. <br />Orono’s Urban and Rural areas arc depicted and fixed by Map <br />3B-2.