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• provisions for protected waters, <br /> Public Law 92-500 (Federal Water <br /> Pollution Control Act) , open space <br /> policies of the Metropolitan <br /> Council and its guidelines <br /> encouraging protection and "enhancement" <br /> enhancement of marshes, wetlands in <br /> the flood plain area, and the Intent: To allow the City an <br /> public interest in preventing option to increase the value of a <br /> irreparable destruction or wetland within the City with <br /> deterioration of valuable natural respect to the values defined in <br /> resources. Therefore, recognizing the findings and purposes section. <br /> the obligation to protect these <br /> assets and natural resource gifts Justification: Enhancement is <br /> from destruction or deterioration specified in original language <br /> and pollution of all kinds, the (48.01 Subdivision 3D - page 4 of <br /> purposes of this Chapter are: the original language) as a means <br /> of bringing about the purpose of <br /> A. To preserve wetlands in this Ordinance. Providing the <br /> as natural a state as enhancement option will also allow <br /> possible; to serve as the City to consider restoration of <br /> natural retention and wetlands which have deteriorated <br /> detention areas for due to urban impacts. Use of the <br /> surface waters; to word enhancement is therefore <br /> • regulate the use of areas consistent with the original intent <br /> adjacent to the wetlands of this Ordinance. <br /> in order to protect and <br /> enhance the natural "deterioration" <br /> function of the wetlands; <br /> to provide for the Intent: To expand the purpose of <br /> protection, preservation, this Ordinance to include <br /> proper maintenance, use protection of wetlands from <br /> and enhancement of deterioration as well as <br /> wetland zoning districts; destruction. <br /> to minimize the <br /> disturbance to them and Justification: Protection of <br /> to prevent or minimize wetlands from deterioration is as <br /> damage from excessive important as protection from <br /> sedimentation , destruction. <br /> eutrophication , or <br /> pollution; to prevent <br /> loss of beneficial "or minimize" <br /> aquatic organisms , <br /> wildlife, and vegetation Intent: To acknowledge that <br /> or the habitats of the prevention of impacts is not always <br /> same; to provide for the possible, and to provide language <br /> protection of surface and indicating that in these situations <br /> • ground frcah water the purpose of the Ordinance is to <br /> supplies from the danger direct the City to limit the <br /> 2362161/WZO.WP/PLS 2 <br />