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I <br />I <br />I <br />3; 8. Rural density is limited by natural conditions. Dev elopment of rural Orono is limited by <br />a number of natural conditions including extensive wetlands, steep slopes and areas of high <br />water table, which factors influence building locations and transportation options as well <br />as the location and spacing of on-site sewage treatment systems. <br />h 9. Rural land uses do not require municipal sewer service. Orono's soil, topography and <br />low-density rural land use provide the ingredients necessarv' to assure safe, adequate, <br />permanent on-site sewage treatment and waste water disposal without hazard to ground <br />water, surface water or the public health. <br />4; 10. Rural sewage will be treated on-site. Sewage treatment and waste water disposal within <br />the rural area will be by means of individual septic tank and soil absorption systems or other <br />innovative on-site methods approved by the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency and the <br />City of Orono. <br />n. Rural sewage treatment is the responsibilitv' of the individual property owner. <br />Individual property owners are responsible for providing their own safe and adequate <br />sewage treatment on each and every property within the designated rural area of the City. <br />Failure of the owner to provide for proper maintenance, or failure of the system itself, will <br />cause City intervention and strict ordinance enforcement. In extreme cases if a system <br />cannot be repaired or maintained because of site limitations, the City is prepared to <br />condemn such properties for health and sanitation reasons. <br />1^ The existing rural area will not be urbanized. Orono's Community Management Plan is <br />not a staged growth plan. The urban service area will not be expanded into the rural area. <br />Municipal sanitary sewers will not be extended into the rural area or across open, rural <br />lands, but will only be e.xtended to provide service to specifically identified lakeshore areas <br />to serve existing neighborhoods or new development at currently zoned densities, or to solve <br />sewage treatment problems in existing neighborhoods where on-site systems are determined <br />to be not practical or feasible on a long-term basis. Rural land uses and rural land use <br />density will be maintained at a level to ensure that private on-site aewef sewage treatment <br />systems will operate satisfactorily. <br />13. Municipal sewer capacity' is not available for rural development. Orono's rural land has <br />sufficient natural capacity for on-site sewage treatment to accommodate proposed rural <br />development at the existing zoned density. The municipal sewer system and the <br />metropolitan interceptor arc not designed for increased sewage flow from rural Oiono under <br />a high-densitv development scenario.The municipal-sewer system and the metropolitan <br />mtereeptor are not av ailab le for eonneetton from properties in the Rural Sen icc Area. <br />8; 14. Rural development will be subject to proven on-site sewage treatment capability. New <br />development in the rural area will continue to be contingent upon the developer providing <br />prior technical evidence that the site contains sufficient suitable land for all development, <br />an acceptable primaiy drainfield area, and reserved space for at least one alternate drainfield <br />area. The zoning area requirements for rural Orono are therefore based upon minimum areas <br />of drv buildable land e.xclusiveofroadwavs, wetlands, streams or areas of high water table. <br />L <br />D CMP 6-21