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<br />NATURAL RESOURCE GOALS AND POLICIES <br /> <br />It is the goal of the City of Cemerville to: <br />· Maintain and enhance CenterviIIe Lake, Peltier Lake, and Clearwater Creek <br />for future generations to enjoy. <br />· Protect environmental systems from unnecessary impacts of future growth <br />and development activities. <br />· Protect the surface waters and wetland areas of the City to promote recreation <br />opportunities, aesthetic qualities, natural habitat areas and groundwater <br />recharge. <br />. Maintain the open space/rural atmosphere of the community. <br /> <br />It is the policy of the City of CenterviUe to: <br />. Prohibit new development in floodplains, steep slopes, wetlands, and other <br />environmentally sensitive areas. <br />. Adopt and enforce wetland alteration and mitigation requirements consistent <br />with the Wetlands Conservation Act. <br />. Establish erosion and sedimentation control standards consistent with <br />MPCA's "best management practices." <br />· Require that stormwater ponds meet the design standards of the National <br />Urban Runoff Program (NURP). <br />· Enforce shoreland management regulations along Centerville Lake, Peltier <br />Lake, Clearwater Creek and County Ditch No. 47. <br />· Establish landscaping requirements for all new developments. <br />. Promote planned unit development and clustering concepts that will result in <br />more efficient protection of natural resources and open spaces. <br />· Establish surface water management plans consistent with the Rice Creek <br />Watershed District Plan. <br /> <br />35 <br />