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A. Shoreland Protection (Appendices 12.8A) The City of Roseville adopted the Shoreland Management Ordinance in the late 1970s pursuant to Mimlesota State Statutes. The purpose of the ordinance is to preserve and enhance the quality of surface waters, preserve economic and natural environmental ,values of shoreland, and provide for the wide utilizatiop of waters and other land resources. The ordinance contains many criteria and standards to control the use of shoreland within the City of Roseville. The use of any public waters shoreland, the size and shape of lots, the use, size, type, and location of structures on lots, the installation and maintenance of water supply and waste disposal facilities, the filling, grading, lagooning, or dredging of any shoreland area, the cutting of shoreland vegetation, and the subdivision of lots are all regulated by Roseville's Shoreland Management Ordinance. Since the adoption of the Roseville Shoreland Management Ordinance, the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources Division of Waters has developed a model shoreland ordinance that contains even stronger controls than the current Roseville code. In addition, the City of Shoreview, our neighbor to the north, has recently adopted a Shoreland Management Ordinance that is based on the DNR model. Because the City of Roseville and the City of Shoreview share common public waters, it was thought that the two communities should also share common enforcement tools. The City's new shoreline management ordinance was adopted in December of 1994 as section 1016 of the City Code. B. Surface Water Run-off Programs (Water Management Organizations & Watershed Districts) (Appendices 12.8D) The Metropolitan Surface Water Management Act of 1982 required all communities in the seven county metropolitan area to prepare a local surface water management plan. The intention of the act was to prevent water problems through planning and management. Management of a water body requires control of contributing drainage areas. Therefore, the act requires the preparation of a water management plan for each and every watershed unit in the metropolitan area. Watershed districts and water management organizations within the metro area were charged with preparing and implementing these plans. Once the plans were prepared by the watershed districts and water management organizations and were approved by the Water Resources Board, each LGU within the watershed was to prepare a local plan to bring the management into conformance with the watershed plan. The purposes of these plans is to: Assess existing water quantity and quality problems Roseville Comprehensive Plan-2003 Update Environmental Protection - Page 1 of 7