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CITY OF ORONO <br />RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL <br />NO. 6786 <br />primarily the location adjacent to a high -traffic roadway; the availability of <br />municipal utility services; and the remote location from single family residential <br />development. <br />7. The City Council has reviewed the development proposal with regards to the CMP <br />and finds that it meets a number of goals for housing as established within the <br />Housing element of the CMP, including: <br />- Provides opportunities for housing types, locations, and cost ranges which will <br />meet the needs and provide adequate housing for a broader range of ages, family <br />groups, lifestyle needs and levels of income to the greatest extent practical. <br />- Provides housing types and residential densities consistent with environmental <br />and land use plans and with the availability of public services and facilities. <br />B. Rezoning from RR -1 B to RPUD <br />8. The Property is located within the Metropolitan Urban Service Area (MUSA) and <br />is intended to be developed using municipal sewer and water, a requirement of the <br />RPUD zoning district. <br />9. Because the property is proposed to be reguided in the CMP for high density <br />residential, the property should be rezoned consistent with the intended and guided <br />use. The most appropriate zoning for the intended use is RPUD, Residential <br />Planned Unit Development District. <br />10. The property contains approximately 3.5 acres. The property meets the lot size <br />requirements of Zoning Code Section 78-626(1) for rezoning to RPUD because it <br />is part of a larger Planned Unit Development, Stonebay. <br />11. Rezoning the property to RPUD Residential Planned Unit Development is <br />appropriate based on the High- Density residential nature of the proposal, which <br />meets the following general purposes of the RPUD District: <br />a) incorporates flexibility in land development and redevelopment in order to <br />utilize new techniques of building design, construction and land development; <br />b) provides lifecycle housing with the potential to meet affordable and moderate <br />cost housing needs; <br />c) incorporates energy conservation through the clustering of buildings and land <br />Page 3 <br />