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CMP Part 3C Housing Plan _ _ <br /> rehabilitation efforts to i.mprove the existing housing stock, to <br /> improve and maint�vn the neighborhoods, and most importantly to <br /> improve the living conditions of the affected citizens. <br /> '7. The City will promote development or rehabilitation that is <br /> compatible with the existing neigbborhooa. The Cify will <br /> � encourage all homeowners and developers to be conscious of the , <br /> neighborhood, the site and the envirorunent in the design and <br /> improvement of residential properties. The City will encourage,and <br /> in many cases,require the retention of woods and vegetation, open <br /> spaces, light, air and scenic views. No new development will be <br /> permitted to conflict with or to adveisely affect the estabiished <br /> neighborhood characfer. <br /> 8. The City will promote subsidized rehabilitation tbat benefits the <br /> existing,often long term,Orono resident. Our citizens are Orono's <br /> gzeatest asset. As they grow older, we should not htrn them out of <br /> ' their homes, but rather we should help them provide safe and <br /> comfortable Iiving conditions in their existing neighborhood. <br /> Rural Housing Policies <br /> 1. Housing in rural Orono will be limited to single family homes at <br /> established rural densities. Orono's Land Use Plan will result in an <br /> ultimate rural density of one dwelling per seven acres on minimum <br /> lot sizes of 5 dry-buildable acres each, and one dwelling per four <br /> acres where the zoning requires a ininimum 2-acre Iot size. This <br /> density is consistent with the City's environmental protection <br /> � commitment and is consistent with the overall Goal of preserving the <br /> historic rural character of the area.Because of this preferred use,and <br /> ' because there is no provision for any municipal sewer,water or other <br /> urban services, multi-family development or any densely clustered ' <br /> residential deveIopment will generally not be appropriate for rural <br /> Orono.However,clustered development at a 2-acre density could be <br /> posssible if sewage treatment technology for clustered developments <br /> . advanced to;the point that the City was assured of the long-term <br /> operation of the sewage treatrnent system. <br /> • 2. T6e City will promote �rehabilitation of ezisting older or <br /> substandard rural homes. Rural Orono contains a significant <br /> number of older homes, which also require repair, energy <br /> conservation measures or major rehabilitation. These rural owners <br /> also require the same type of assistance often reserved for urban <br /> azeas.Therefore,the City wi.11 promote private and subsidized public <br /> rehabilitation efforts in both urban and rural housing irnprovements <br /> programs. <br /> City of Orono Community Management Plan , Page 3C-23 <br /> Septembcr Z000/Revised September Z001 . . <br />