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4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. The existing rural area will not be urbanized. Orono's Community Management Plan is not a staged growth plan. The urban service area will not be expanded into the rural area. Municipal urban services will not be extended into the rural area or across open, rural lands. Rural land uses and rural land use density will be maintained at a level to ensure that private on-site sewer systems will operate satisfactorily and that rural wetlands and drainageways will not be overloaded with storm water nutrient pollution. Rural land uses and densities do not require urban services. Urban serv'ices are not compatible with rural land use. Extension of certain urban services, such as extensive public road maintenance or municipal sewer or water cannot be economically justified or easily provided to de .lOpments in rural areas or at rural densities. Rural land uses do not require municipal sewer service. Orono's soil, topography and low-der.sity rural land use provide the ingredients necessary to assure safe, adequate, permanent on-site sewage treatment and waste water disposal without hazard to ground water, surface water or the public health. Rural development will be subject to proven on-site sewage treatment capabilit}’. Future development in the rural area will be contingent upon the developer providing prior technical evidence that the site contains sufficient suitable land for all development, an acceptable primary drainfield area, and reserved space for at least one alternate drainfield area. The zoning area requirements for rural Orono will therefore be based upon minimum areas of dry buildable land exclusive of roadways, wetlands, streams or areas of high water table. Rural development must be self-supporting. A11 future development in the rural area will be required to be proven self-supporting for the intended use, especially in terms of water supply, sewage treatment and internal improvement maintenance, so as to prevent extension of costly urban services into the rural area. Rural land use densities will allow maximum retention of private woods and open space. Low rural densities will accommodate homesites without affecting the traditional vistas of open fields and woods. The retention of these woodlands and marshlands will then assure permanent habitat for our abundant wildlife. Public open space will be provided on a large-scale or Park Reserv e Basis, but neighborhood or mini-parks are unnecessary because of the large amount of available privately owned and maintained open space. CMP3B-2I