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48. 01 sedimentation, eutrophication, or pollution; to prevent loss of aquatic organisms, wildlife, and vegetation or the habitats of the same; to provide for the protection of surface and ground water supplies from the danger of drought, overdraft, pollution, or mismanagement; to secure safety from floods; to reduce the financial burdens imposed upon the community through rescue and relief efforts occasioned by the occupancy or use of areas subject to periodic flooding; to prevent loss of life, property damage, and the losses and risks associated with flood conditions; to seduce erosion problems; to enhance and preserve quality; and to enhance and preserve the natural drainage ways. B. The public interest necessitates sound land use development, as land is a limited and irreplaceable resource, and the land within the municipality is a resource to be developed in a manner which will result in minimum damage to the quality of life, property, threat to health and reduction of private/public economic loss caused by drainage problems. Subdivision 3 . Means. It is the intent of the City to effectuate the purposes of this ordinance through the following means: A. Adopt a map designating the wetlands protected by this Ordinance. B. Promote community education about the importance, function, limitations, and impact of urbanization upon the water resources of the community. C. To preserve and enhance of wetlands within the community through implementation of-development regulations that will ensure the design and construction of adequate on- site storm water, sedimentation and retention and detention basins, flow control devices, and implementation of effective erosion control techniques. D. To apply techniques such as density transfers to development proposals in order tominimize ratios of impermeable surface to open space. 2