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1cLO ♦O <br /> CITY OF ORONO <br /> RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL <br /> 6786 <br /> A!�FSH60' N O <br /> of 7-0 that the Council grant the proposed CMP; the rezoning to RPUD Residential Planned Unit <br /> Development District; grant Conditional Use Permit, grant general concept plan, and preliminary <br /> plat approval subject to a number of conditions and recommendations; and <br /> WHEREAS,the Orono City Council reviewed the sketch plan for the Property in <br /> September 2016, and has reviewed the formal applications at its regular meeting on August 14, <br /> 2017; and <br /> WHEREAS, the City Council hereby makes the following findings in regard to <br /> this application for RPUD General Concept Plan, Preliminary Plat approval, CMP amendment, <br /> Conditional Use Permit and rezoning: <br /> FINDINGS <br /> A. Community Management Plan Conformity; CMP Amendment <br /> 1. This application was reviewed as Zoning File#17-3948. <br /> 2. The Property is currently zoned RR-1B PUD as part of the Stone Bay development, <br /> The Property contains approximately 3.5 acres. The Stonebay Master Plan <br /> suggests an office use for the property. The CMP guides the property as office. <br /> 3. The property has sat vacant for many years; the city recognizes that there is not a <br /> market, nor is one likely, for office uses on the subject parcel. <br /> 4. The Metropolitan Council established density goals for the City of Orono, and the <br /> city responded by carefully selecting parcels at densities that would potentially <br /> allow for more affordable housing options. Metropolitan Council guidelines require <br /> an overall new sewered development density of at least 3 units per acre. In order to <br /> meet these goals, certain parcels within the Metropolitan Urban Service Area <br /> (MUSA)were guided for densities significantly higher than 3 units/acre—to allow <br /> those shoreland areas in the MUSA historically zoned and planned for low density, <br /> to develop at the 1-acre and 2-acre lot sizes desired by the City. <br /> 5. Recent developments within the MUSA have been approved at densities lower that <br /> prescribed in the CMP. <br /> 6. The city desires to identify additional areas appropriate for high density residential <br /> within the community. The rationale for the density increase at this site was <br /> Page 2 <br />