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� Resolution No. /D 99 � Page 3 4. Existing commercial areas were recognized as being more than adequate to serve the neighborhood needs of the City with emphasis to be placed on a reduction of surplus com�-nercially zoned land, . a reduction of commercial hardcover especially within 1000 feet of the shoreline, and a reestablishment of natural vegetation in lakeshore commercial areas . 5 . Residential development was to be a major objective of the development plans , with care taken to assure lower densities in rural areas lacking urban services and li�nited densities within � 1000 feet of the shoreline consistent with M�WD, LMCD, DNR and : PCA guidelines . � 6. The extension of urban serv ices were to be done solely to correct existing public health, safety or welfare problems and not to encourage any unwarranted development of the rural areas � of the City or, of the environmentally sensitive wetlands or lakeshore areas . - • 7. The 1974 Comprehensive Plan was reviecaed and accepted by the Metropolitan Council on November 7, 1974. . 8. In 1976, the enactment of the Metropolitan Land Planning Act by the State Legislature mandated every City to prepare and adopt Comprehensive Plans . Because of this mandate, new format inclusions -. required by the Metropolitan Council, and new information generated since 1974, O.rono in 1977 began to revise and update the 1974 � . �omprehensive- Plan and �has hired a Land Use Planning Consultant to assist and advise in such review. � � 9 . Prior to 1974, the City did not have a written "Comprehensive Plan", but general policies have remained consistent since prior . to incorporation as a Village in 1954: The earliest zoning ordinances adopted in March of 1950 by the Orono Town Board provide for essentially the same land uses as do the current planning proposals . ' � . 10. -T'he environmental concerns of Orono have long been paramount . in planning activities . Wetlands were protected and removed from building purposes in 1961. . In 1970, Ordinance 125 further protected • wetlands, shorelands and flood plains from filling and development. � - .