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HOUSING IMPROVEMENT GOALS AND POLICIES Orono's Housing Improvement Plan is based upon the following Goals and Policies which are designed to be consistent with our regional housing responsibilities and with the Goals, Policies and Plans of the other elements of the Community Management Plan. HOUSING IMPROVEMENT GOALS 1. 3. 4. 5. To improve the housing conditions of persons residing in substandard housing. 2. To provide safe, healthful, and blight-free residences and neighborhoods. To provide opportunities for a mix of housing types, locations, and cost ranges which will meet the needs and provide adequate housing for all age and family groups. To provide housing types and residential densities consistent with environmental and land use plans and with the availability of public services and facilities. To provide immediately beneficial housing programs for the greatest number of needy Orono residents. URBAN HOUS 1 NG PQLl C 1 ES 1. 2. The residential areas of urban Orono are primarily suitable for single family homes. Because of historic development patterns, most of Orono's urbanized neighborhoods are located along the Lake Minnetonka shoreline, or within 1,000 feet cf the shoreline. These lands are environmentally sensitive to overuse or over development such as typically occurs with large scale developments. Low density residential land use is compatible with Orono's environmental policies of limited hardcover and ma.ximum retention of natural open space and vegetation. Alternative housing types will be provided by planned residential developments. A limited amount of land is available within the Urban Service Area for planned developments of attached townhomes. garden tj'pe apartments or mi.xed residential and limited commercial land uses. These housing clusters or multiple family developments will be acceptable only where full urban services are available and only where the proposed density I CMP 3C - 22