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� ,. <br /> CMP Part 3C. Housing.Plan <br /> rehabilitation efforts to improve the existing housing stock, to <br /> . � improve and maintain 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 ezisting neighborhood. The CiTy will . <br /> encourage all homeowners and developers to be conscious of the . <br /> neighborhood, the site and the environment 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 adversely affect the established <br /> neighborhood character. <br /> 8. The City will promote subsidized rehabilitation that benefits the <br /> existing,often long term,Orono resident.Our citizens are Oiono's <br /> � greatest asset. As they grow older, we should not turn them out of <br /> � their homes, but rather we should help them provide safe and <br /> comfortable living conditions in their existing neighborhood. , <br /> � Rural Iiousing Poiicies <br /> �� . 1. Housing in rural Orono will be Iimited 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 minimum 2-acre lot 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 chazacter of the azea.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 development 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 treahnent system. <br /> 2. The City will promote �rehabilita�ion of ezisting older or <br /> � substandard rural homes. Rural Orono contains a sigriificant <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 will promote private and subsidized public <br /> rehabiiitation efforts in both urban and rural housing improvements <br /> programs. <br /> City of Orono Community Management Plan Page 3C-23 <br /> September 2000/Revised September 2001 <br />