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ff'.- <br />p <br />To:Mayor Peterson and Crone City C'lupoil <br />Ron Hoo'^se, City Adr mis*" rat. <br />Fron:Michael P. Gaffron, Ai s'- Pla irvj & ;'onin'j Administrator <br />Date:May 18, 1992 <br />Subject: Metropolita' Council ? <br />64/640 <br />■ervire Area Policies - <br />’n ’991 the Metropolitan C« ( i <br />Area policies for developtr <br />Approxiaiately three-fourths of i *nc <br />MGSA line. <br />a-*.' ■ ted <br />• ■ d *“ <br />r.ew Rural Service <br />the MUSA line, <br />sa is outside the <br />The Met Council intends -o r* re comprehensive plan <br />difications from cities whose plans * inconsistent with the <br />new rural policies. The key issue for Orono appears to be the <br />rural density maximum of 1 unit per 10 acres, or 64 units per 640 <br />acraa. In the ' *'nq run, if Orono doesn't comply with their <br />guidelines, the type of sanctions which Met Council miqht employ <br />could include refusal to allow n<»w connections to the <br />Hatropolitan Sewer System. <br />list of Exhibits <br />A - Met Council 2/10/92 Memo <br />B - 12/5/91 Policies for the Rural Service Area <br />C - Notice and Aqenda from 2/27/92 Forum <br />Discussion <br />The Met Council has for many years held to the concept that <br />long-term development with septic systems should occur with a <br />density no greater than 1 unit per 10 acres. With our 2 and 5 <br />acre rural zoning districts, Orono already has just over 1100 <br />residential units on 7400 non-lake acres outside the MUSA <br />boundary. This yields an existing density of 1.5 units per 10 <br />acres or an average ..ot size of 6.G acres. <br />At full development, which un. the current slow growth <br />rate could take 20 to 30 years c- more, we would expect about <br />1800 rural units or 2.4 units per 10 acres (average lot size <br />around 4 acres including wetlands). <br />Met Council has indicated that communities should calculate <br />the density section-by-section throughout the City, excluding <br />surface waters (lal:es) and major metropolitan rights-of-way <br />(Hi<9.iway 12?). Wliile t,.e Met Council would encourage clustering <br />of residential development, heir intent is to protect <br />agricultural and environmentally sensitive lands, leaving open <br />space that could be efficiently developed a* higher densities in <br />the future rather than at the present. They will encourage