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<br />RESOLUTION NO. 2501 <br />PAGE THREE <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />A. Minimum lot size - 20,000 square feet <br />B. Minimum lot width - 125 feet as measured at the <br />building setback line <br />C. All structures shall be setback at least 100 feet <br />from the wetland: and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, the City Council has seen fit to develop these <br />requirements to regulate the wetland because the Council has <br />found the following: <br /> <br />Chapter 48.01, Subd. 2 <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />The Council finds that wetlands within the City, as part <br />of the ecosystem, are critical to the present and future <br />health, safety and general welfare of the land, animals, <br />and people within the City, as well as within the Rice <br />Creek Watershed District: that existing and potential <br />development within the City and Rice Creek Watershed <br />District poses increasing ecological and economic problems <br />and demands, having the effect of potentially despoiling, <br />polluting, accelerating the aging, eliminating or <br />negatively and irretrievably altering both the wetlandS <br />and their functions (and the processes associated <br />therewith) which, if conserved and maintained, constitute <br />important physical, educational, ecological, aesthetic, <br />recreational, and economic assets for existing and future <br />residents of the community and the Rice Creek Watershed <br />District: and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, the City Council has found the intent of Chapter <br />48 to be the following: <br /> <br />Chapter 48.01, Subd. 2A <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />To preserve wetlands in as natural a state as possible to <br />serve as natural retention and detention areas for surface <br />waters: to regulate the use of areas adjacent to the <br />wetlands in order to protect the natural function of the <br />wetlands: to provide for the protection, preservation, <br />proper maintenance and use of wetland zoning districts: to <br />minimize the disturbance to them and to prevent damage <br />from excessive sedimentation, eutrophication, or <br />pollution: to prevent loss of beneficial aquatic <br />organisms, wildlife, and vegetation of the habitats of the <br />same: to provide for the protection of fresh water <br />supplies from the danger of drought, overdraft, pollution, <br />or mismanagement: to secure safety from floods: to reduce <br />the financial burdens imposed upon the community through <br />rescue and relief efforts occasioned by the occupancy or <br />