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CMP Part 3B. General Land Use Plan <br /> <br /> <br />City of Orono Community Management Plan 2020-2040 Part 3B, Page 13 <br />official controls to implement the housing element of the land use plan, which will provide sufficient <br />existing and new housing to meet the local unit's share of the metropolitan area need for low and moderate <br />income housing.” Orono’s share is forecasted at 154 new affordable housing units for the decade 2021- <br />2030. <br /> <br />EXISTING AND FUTURE LAND USE SUMMARY <br /> <br />Map 3B-2 depicts the existing land uses in Orono as of 2016. Table 3B-2: Orono Existing Land Use <br />Summary, shows just over 1/3 of Orono’s total area is in open water; of the remaining 2/3 that is land <br />area, 92% is devoted to residential, parks & open space uses, or underdeveloped. <br /> <br />Table 3B-2: Orono Existing Land Use Summary (2016) <br />Land Use Category Acreage % of City <br />Rural Preserve 1,214 7.88% <br />Rural Residential 2,677 17.38% <br />Urban Low Density Residential 3,130 20.33% <br />Urban Medium Density Residential 52 0.34% <br />Urban Medium High Density Residential/ <br />Mixed Use 102 0.66% <br />Urban High Density Residential <br />Island Residential 65 0.42% <br />Commercial/ Office 54 0.35% <br />Industrial 42 0.27% <br />Park/Open Space 1,720 11.17% <br />Open Water 5,241 34.03% <br />Major Highway and Railroad 773 5.02% <br />Undeveloped 329 2.14% <br />TOTAL 15,399 100% <br />Source: GIS, Existing Land Use Map <br /> <br />