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Site Characteristics: <br />Easterly 25 acres is relatively flat with high-watertable soils and <br />interspersed wetland pockets. Not easily developable with septic <br />systems. Mostly open fields that have been farmed previously. <br />Westerly 30 acres has 5%-15% slopes, eventually dropping a total of <br />50* down to m^or wetland basin. Soils are better suited for use of <br />septic systems, but slopes mav be a factor for individual sites. This <br />area is more wooded and contains apple orchard. <br />Site Residential Development Options; <br />Den«itv parameter <br />Kstimated # <br />of Potential Gross <br />DweHing Units Density <br />2-acre zonine. with sewer standard olat 20-22 Units 0.4 units/acre <br />2-acre zoning, with sewer. PRD <br />l-acre zoning, with sewer, standard olat <br />24 units <br />4‘>-44 units <br />O.S units/acre <br />0.8 units/acre <br />1-acre zoning, with sewer. PRD 47-48 units 0.9 units/acre <br />1 /2-acre zoning, with sewer, standard olat 80-85 units 1.5 units/acre <br />1 /2-acre zoning, with sewer. PRD Q5-I00 units 1.8 units/acre <br />3 unit/acre PRD (not in current code)140 units 2.5 units/acre <br />This site has a number of factors which make it unattractive for 2-acre <br />rural residential development as currently zoned, including: <br />- Location between two highway corridors is not conducive to <br />rural character development. <br />; Location across from Industrial Park is not conducive to rural <br />character development. <br />- Site abuts one of the busiest intersections in Orono. <br />z East half of site is poorly .suited for development with septic <br />systems. <br />Municipal sewer and water art rebtivelv available as compared to <br />most other areas of the Citv: the si?.: t? adjacent to existing MUSA and <br />would be a logical MUS.A expansion point. This site has direct access <br />to arterial and collector road system, and is relatively near urban <br />ser\'ices as compared to most other areas of the City. <br />Furthermore, this site is separated from existing rural neig hborhoods <br />bv the Orono Schools, bv existing wetlands, bv the e.xisting railroad, <br />and bv existing and future road/railroad corridors. Because of these <br />separations, development at higher densities will have little <br />impact on adjacent rural character neighborhoods. <br />CMP 3B - 29