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CMP Part 3B. Land Use Plan <br />Policies: <br />1. Existing RS District controls on development and land use will be <br />strictly enforced, and reinforced where necessary, to avoid potential <br />problems related to sanitation, public safety and security, fire protection, <br />etc. <br />2. The City will encourage private landowners of island properties to <br />protect their shorelines from erosion. Natural rock rip-rap and other <br />natural methods will be encouraged. Development of retaining wall <br />systems in the lakeshore area will be discouraged. <br />3. The City will define specific approved access locations for individual <br />inland Record Lots, and will establish policies and ordinances <br />regulating vehicular use of the undeveloped roadways. Use of the <br />undeveloped platted roadways for vehicular travel will be limited to the <br />extent necessary to protect private property as well as to curtail and <br />prevent soil erosion, tree damage, etc. Tree removal within platted rights- <br />of-way shall be by permit only. No platted right-of-way shall be paved <br />except that the City may improve or specifically permit improvement of <br />designated access locations in order to maintain suitable access and limit <br />environmental damage. The City may close to vehicular use certain <br />platted roadways if it is determined that continued use will cause <br />environmental harm. <br />4. Island lakeshore will be maintained in a natural state. Tree removal <br />near the lakeshore shall be as strictly regulated as it is in all lakeshore <br />areas of the City. <br />5. The existing balance between private and public ownership of <br />properties on Big Island will generally be maintained. The City will <br />not encourage condemnation or forced conversion of private residential <br />properties on Big Island to public land. <br />Deering Island <br />Deering Island is a small (approximately 4-5 acres) privately owned island in <br />West Arm Bay, constituting a single tax parcel and having a single owner. Many <br />of the same issues, goals and policies pertaining to Big Island carry over to <br />Deering Island. <br />City of Orono Community Management Plan 2008-2030 Page 3B-55