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already divided potential urban reserve areas of Orono into smaller lot sizes than those that would facilitate future urban subdivision. Therefore, it is recommended that the area outside of existing or planned MUSA expansions should be redesignated to more accurately reflect current land use and future development potential. Lot Size Analysis in Urban Reserve Lot size >40 acres 20-40 acres iO-20 acres S-iO acres <5 acres Wniaberoffart*.b 1 868 Percentage of Parcels 0% 87% TolMI Acreage 81 acres 206aaes 390 acres 667 acres 1 739 acres The city recognizes the need for affordable and life-cycle housing and is working to provide a variety of housing options, including higher density housing, and thereby accommodating more households. Senior housing project being reviewed as supplemental information to this Comprehensive Plan Update, is to guide 4.S acres for the construction of a 62-unit senior housing complex. Since the site was not originally designated for housing and therefore nut included in the calculation of the household forecasts, development of the 4.5 acre parcel as housing will increase the number of households in the city by 62. The Council encourages the city to continue its efforts to work with developers and attract higher density and life-cycle housing projects in order to accommodate additional households and strive to meet Council forecasts. The city's land use plan indicates that the city is 89 percent developed with 1 ,099 acres identified as vacant. Of the existing vacant land, 1,000 acres are designated as rural residential, 62 acres as urban residential, 30 acres as commercial and industrial, and only 7 acres as public and semi-public land. By 2020, it is anticipate that only 105 acres of single family residential land will be vacant to accommodate future residential development at rural densities. ; and 2020 Land Use Single-Family Residential outside MUSA 4,317 42%4,592 45% Multiple-family Residential within MUSA 25 0%138 1% Multiple-family Residential outside MUSA 0 0%0 3% Subtotal - Developed Residential 6,647 65%8,024 79% Commercial 62 1%81 1% Industrial 33 0%44 0% Public/Scmi-Public 209 2%216 2% Agricultural and Green Acres 597 6%100 1% Parks and Recreation 1,553 15%1,630 16% Subtotal - Developed Non-Resideatial 2,454 24%2,071 20% Total - Developed 9,101 89%10,095 99% Vacant Single-Family Residential within MUSA 49 0%5 0% Vacant Single-Family Residential outside MUSA 1,000 10%100 1% Vacant Multiple-family Residential within MUSA 13 0%0 0% Vacant Multiple-family Residential outside MUSA 0 0%0 0% Subtotal - Vacant Residential 1.062 10%105 1% Vacant Commercial 19 0%0 0% Vacant Industrial 11 0%0 0% Vacant Public/Semi-Public 7 0%0 0% ToUl - Vacant 1,099 11%105 1% Total Land 10,200 100%10,200 100%