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residential and commercial development as well as <br />parks and trails. <br />S3) Routinely update the greenway system plan as more <br />detained information is gathered and inputted into <br />the GIS system.. <br />Section 4 - Environmental System <br />Framework <br />1.. <br />Greenway Zones and Their Interrelationship with <br />Community Development <br />As the above map illustrates, three zones are identified within the, <br />greenway <br />system. The following considers each of these. <br />Protected Zone: This zone largely consists of water bodies, wetlands and <br />parks that are protected from development under current regulatory <br />controls. <br />Under protected status, no development will occur. <br />High Ecological Value /Greenway Trail Corridor Zone: This zone consists <br />of <br />largely areas as defined under various natural vegetative cover <br />otypes, <br />such as oak savannas, mesic forests, and prairie remnants. The zone <br />should be <br />viewed as an area where ecological protection opportunities are very high . <br />and <br />that protection of these values should be a foremost consideration in the <br />development process. It is within this zone that protection strategies <br />such as <br />buffer systems, conservation easements, land trusts, and so forth can be <br />used <br />to protect higher value natural resources. Also included in this zone are <br />lineal <br />corridors that link the higher quality natural areas together and provide <br />space <br />for the proposed city -wide greenway trail corridor. <br />Currently, development in the high ecological value zone is allowed in <br />accordance with development requirements as stipulated by city codes and <br />ordinances. Beyond these regulatory requirements, the ecological values <br />of <br />these lands are not substantively protected. In addition, land ownership <br />rights <br />and economic development pressures preclude the possibility of <br />arbitrarily <br />limiting development in this zone. Given this, fostering a conservation <br />approach to development is the most advantageous way of preserving the <br />key <br />"' ecological values in this zone while at the same time allowing <br />development to <br />17apxa_ &_Pespeanov_Boap8 Xiri oq Atvo Aaxear <br />