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, . <br /> CMP Part 3C. Housin�Plan � , <br /> Urban Housing PoIicies <br /> 1. The residential areas of urban Orono are primarily suitable for � <br /> single family development. Because of historic development <br /> patterns,most of Orono's urbanized neighborhoods are located along <br /> � � • the Lake Minnetonka shoreline,or within 1,000 feet of the shoreline. <br /> � These lands aze environmentally sensitive to overuse or over <br /> � development such as typically occurs with large scale developments. <br /> - Urban residential development in a limited nuhiber of areas further <br /> from the shoreline at a density of 2-6 units per acre is compatible with <br /> Orono's environmental policies of limited hardcover and maximum <br /> retention of nahual open space and vegetation to protect Lake <br /> Minnetonka. • <br /> 2. Alternative housing types will be provided by planned residential <br /> developments. A limifed amount of land is available within the <br /> - � . Urban Service Area for planned developments of attached <br /> townhomes,garden type apartments or mixed residential and limited <br /> � commercial land uses. These housing clusters or multiple family <br /> developments will be acceptable only where full urban services are <br /> available and only where the proposed density is compatible with the <br /> neighborhood and.with local environmental constraints. <br /> � Multiple family developments generally will not be considered <br /> . appropriate for lands within 1,000 feet of Lake Minnetonka nor for <br /> . areas that have limited public transportation access to outside <br /> employment or shopping facilities. Additionally, County Road 15, <br /> which is the key roadway serving Orono's urban azeas and <br /> particularly the Navarre area,is far over capaciTy. It is not practical <br /> from an economic or environmental standpoint to expand County <br /> Road 15 to increase its capacity.Therefore,alternative housing types <br /> will be primarily developed along Orono's Highway 12 corridor in <br /> specifically identified azeas that are or will be served by urban <br /> services. <br /> Certain areas along or near Highway 12 have been identified in the <br /> 2000-2020 Land Use Plan for altemative housing, and have been <br /> guided for such use. In addition to guiding these specified azeas,the <br /> City has adopted a Residential Planned Unit Development zoning <br /> district which not only provides for the higher density housing at <br /> these identified sites, but provides density incentives for the <br /> potential conversion of commercially-guided/zoned properties to <br /> medium and high density residential use where the City Council � <br /> fmds such conversion appropriate. The City will consider proposals <br /> for developments that will provide housing types in furtherance of <br /> City of Orono Community Management Plan Page 3C-21 <br /> September 2000/Revised September 2001 <br />