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CHAPTER 3 PROTECTION OPEN SPACE 48 <br /> 6. Local drainage plans should be coordinated with overall watershed drainage plans. <br /> POLICIES: WATER BASINS AND WATER COURSES <br /> 1. The City will cooperate with Rice Creek Watershed District in developing district-wide <br /> drainage plans, and by establishing and enforcing district-wide regulations dealing with <br /> surface drainage which apply to all public and private ditch systems and require proper <br /> maintenance by the operating authority. <br /> 2. The City will enforce the existing subdivision regulations which require easements for <br /> natural watercourses and water basins and continue to make these an integral part in the <br /> consideration of land development site plans. <br /> 3. The City will enforce the floodplain management ordinance which is consistent with the <br /> Department of Natural Resources standards. <br /> 4. The City should encourage the Rice Creek Watershed District to collect baseline water <br /> quality data on major City lakes and conduct regular monitoring to assure compliance <br /> with appropriate standards. <br /> 5. The City will continue to cooperate with the MPCA in enforcing existing or future point <br /> and non-point discharge standards. _ <br /> 6. The City should, in cooperation with Ramsey County, evaluate the condition of each <br /> lake and, where appropriate, zone the surface for specific uses according to DNR <br /> recommended regulations. <br /> 7. The City requires that developers demonstrate that any proposed alteration to the <br /> shoreline, channel, or bottom profile of water basins and watercourses by filling-or <br /> dredging is non-detrimental to the resource and is in accordance with Minnesota <br /> Department of Natural Resources requirements. <br /> 8. The City will give careful consideration to zoning or acquiring lakeshores for public use <br /> and access, and to the acquisition of scenic and other easements along the shorelands of <br /> water basins and watercourses. <br /> WETLANDS <br /> Wetlands are low-lying areas frequently associated with a high water table which may be <br /> covered with shallow and sometimes intermittent waters. Swamps, bogs, marshes, feeder <br /> ponds, wet meadows and sloughs are wetlands. (See Map 4.) <br />