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1 <br />HOUSING JUNE, 1980 <br />i <br />I <br />J <br />i <br />I <br />1 <br />1 <br />1 <br />i <br />i <br />1 <br />ORONO'S LAND USE PLAN ACCOMMODATES ALL EXPECTED POPULATION GROWTH IN A <br />WIDE VARIETY OF HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES. <br />The forecast population increase of 2,240 persons in the next twenty years <br />translates into a housing demand of 750 new dwelling units. This average <br />of 37 new dwellings per year is consistent with Orono's rate of actual <br />building permit issuance during the 1970's. From past experience, <br />approximately 40% of these new units are expected to develop in the urban <br />area and approximately 60% in the rural area. <br />THE METROPOLITAN COUNCIL EMPHASIZES THE ADVANTAGES OF FREE CHOICE IN <br />HOUSING LOCATION SUCH AS THAT AFFORDED BY ORONO'S DIFFERING URBAN AND <br />RURAL NEIGHBORHOODS. The location of housing is directly related to <br />the opportunities and services enjoyed by residents of the Metropolitan <br />Area. Location influences not only access to employment, but also the <br />availability of neighborhood parks and recreational programs, libraries, <br />health care facilities, day care centers, and access to major retail <br />centers, highways, and public transit. The Metropolitan Council therefore <br />recommends that people have freedom of choice in the location of their <br />housing. <br />THE METROPOLITAN COUNCIL HAS DESIGNATED ORONO AS A "THIRD PRIORITY" <br />COMMUNITY INSOFAR AS URBAN HOUSING POLICY IS CONCERNED. Communities with <br />land within the Metropolitan Urban Service Area (MUSA) are expected to <br />plan adequate land for projected housing growth and to provide an appropria <br />share of housing for persons of a range of income levels. The regional <br />housing policy calls for subsidized housing to be located near activity <br />centers or as part of "new towns" or large scale Planned Unit Development <br />offering adequate levels of services and facilities, and near high amenity <br />areas. As a third priority community, Orono does not contain such large <br />scale activity centers and therefore is generally low in priority for <br />the allocation of such housing. Plans of third-priority communities are <br />expected to be more long-term and less detailed than plans of inner—ring <br />suburbs, with unit allocations being fairly limited numbers and in some <br />what more distant future. The need for rehabilitation and redevelopment <br />is generally not high in third—priority communities, but it is an important <br />need in Orono because of the age of so much of our urban housing stock. <br />THE METROPOLITAN COUNCIL RECOGNIZES THAT RURAL COMMUNITIES REQUIRE DIFFEREN <br />HOUSING PROGRAI4S THAN DO URBAN COMMUNITIES. Metropolitan Council policy <br />does not encourage urban—scale residential development in the Rural Service <br />Area, nor does Council policy support the development of subsidized housinc <br />in the rural areas. Rural needs for subsidized housing are to be met withi <br />the Freestanding Growth Centers such as Maple Plain, or within the existinc <br />Urban Service Area, including Orono's urban neighborhoods and other <br />urbanized lake area cities such as Wayzata, Long Lake and Mound, where <br />urban services and amenities are available. In areas where rural scale <br />residential development occurs, ordinances should permit the construction <br />of modest—cost market-rate housing. Housing plans of rural communities <br />are expected to show how the community intends to maintain its rural <br />character and manage its new residential development. <br />CMP 5-5