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, ;. <br /> Guidin�Princinle#4: Preserve and augment corridor enclosure. <br /> Maintaining and improving the extent of roadway corridor <br /> enclosures will promote community aesthetics associated <br /> with the city's rural character. <br /> Guidin�Princinle#5: Preserve views. <br /> Mitigating the visual impacts of development. will also <br /> preserve the aesthetic elements of the landscape. <br /> Guiding Principle #6: Preserve and maintain landmarks and unique points of <br /> local character. <br /> Preserving distinct cultural features will maintain a familiar <br /> sense of place in the community. <br /> Development Concepts <br /> The Development Concepts presented by consultants at the third workshop serve as case . <br /> studies for a new method of designing and reviewing development in the City of Orono; <br /> based on the techniques of Conservation Design. This method was developed in the Rural <br /> Oasis Project and applied to potential development sites within the city. In general, the <br /> � two-part process first considers the water quality, adjacent corridor character, views, and <br /> housing types/character of a potential development site. Next, a concept design is created <br /> specifically for the site based on the findings of the initial analysis and the Guiding <br /> Principles established above. Analysis of the development site entails the assessment of <br /> both its ecological and aesthetic resources, which will be described in detail throughout <br /> the following paragraphs. An integral component of this method was the examination of <br /> the edges of the sites, which greatly influence the character of roadway corridors <br /> throughout the city. <br /> Corridor Study <br /> � To ensure that Goal#2, promoting the rural character of Orono, is effectively achieved in <br /> new development, it was necessary to determine what elements of the landscape define <br /> rural character in Orono. This was done by analyzing areas that had been identified as <br /> being rural.. In the second phase of the Rural Oasis Project, city staff selected 10 <br /> corridors in the city as examples of Orono's rural character (CPA Figure 1). For the <br /> purposes of this CPA, it is not necessary to review each of the 10 corridors analyzed in <br /> the Rural Oasis Project. It is important to provide a comprehensive understanding of the <br /> methods and conclusions of the corridor analysis. To do this, the following four corridors <br /> have been chosen as case studies: <br /> • County Road 6 West(Brown Road to Highway 12) <br /> City of Orono DSU, Inc <br /> Draft CPA 8 August, 2005 <br />