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CMFF«rt3C BmOmnam <br />Orono'i housing goals as esublished in this Housing Plan, for <br />sites not cunently guided for such use but which may be appropriate <br />for such use. <br />Urban density residential development mast ocenr within the <br />defined Urban Service Area. Orono's Community Management Plan <br />is not a staged growth plan. The Urban Service Area as defined in this <br />Plan will not be expanded into the defined rural area, and urban <br />services and facilities will not be extended into the rural area for <br />purposes cf fostering or allowing increased development in those <br />areas. <br />Urban density residential development will atilizc cilillDg or <br />planned public services and facilities. New icsidential development <br />win be idlowed to infill existing vacant property within the Urban <br />Service Area consistent with environmental limitations and with the <br />or plaimed capacities of water, sewer, drainage, <br />transportation and recreational fimUities. New development will not <br />be p ermitted to overburden these services at the expense of the <br />existing ttsen. New urban development will not be pennitted if it <br />requires additional urq)lanned local or regional fiKiUties capacity. <br />Tba City will promote Kaltcrcd iltc dcvcIopmcDt as opposed to <br />largo aealo tract dovciopmont within the existing developed <br />niban aron. Scattered she development has less impact on tte <br />aeigbborhoods or on the existing public fodlities capacities <br />thm does a concentration of development at one location. In <br />addition, most of Orono's existing urban neighborhoods are a <br />homogenous mix of newer and older homes intermiagled with an <br />occasional vacant lot or a larger, divisible lot There is no smgle <br />neighborhood which is in need of complete renewal or rehabilitation. <br />Therefore, there is no need for nor any economical way of assembling <br />a Urge tract of property for single-project development <br />The CHy will promote rchabUilation of existing older or <br />rabstandard homes. Whereas there is no identifiable block of <br />deteriorated bousing in the City, there are a substantial number of <br />older homes or converted cottages that are in need of repair, energy <br />Gonaervation measwes, or major rehibilitation. In many cases, these <br />homes are occupied by low income or fixed income persotu who <br />cannot undertake the needed work within their means. Maintaining <br />ndghboihoods and existing hones enables maintenance of <br />affordability. Replacement of these homes, even with higher density <br />development, would result in substantially increased housing prices. <br />Therefore, the City will promote private and subsidized public <br />CHy of Oroso CowBUiHy MaaaitBnit Plaa <br />acfHaScr 3Me/nn>MScf«(aa«r2MI <br />rag«3C-22