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Vegetation Management - Comparison of Preliminary Draft & Current MRCCA Standards
<br />Notes:
<br />• The preliminary draft standards presented at the work group meeting on August 12, 2010 have been revised based on input from work group members, LGUS, other agencies, and the public.
<br />• For proposed district boundaries, refer to the proposed MRCCA district maps for your area. For current district boundaries, refer to the EO 79 -19 District Map. All maps are available on the MRCCA rulemaking project website.
<br />Sheet 4: Vegetation Management — Revised November 5, 2010
<br />Prepared by Minnesota Deportment of Natural Resources, November 5, 2010
<br />Standard
<br />Type.
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<br />Preliminary Draft Standards
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<br />Executive Order 79 -19
<br />Current Standards
<br />(Currently in effect; all local plans and ordinances must
<br />e consistent with these standards and guidelines.)
<br />Interim Development Regulations (IDR)
<br />(EO 79 -19 provided the IDRS as temporary standards until local MRCCA
<br />ordinances were approved by the EQB. Hastings, Brooklyn Center, and
<br />a sn roll area in Hennepin County are still subject tnrnelDRSbecause
<br />they do not have approved MRCCA ordinances. The DNR used some of
<br />the IDRS in drafting new MRCCA rules, and some LOU S used portions of
<br />the IDRS in current ordinances. The 1013s are provided here for
<br />reference. Local ordinances, which vary widely, will contain the current
<br />effective standards in any given community.)
<br />Vegetation
<br />Management
<br />General
<br />LGU Program
<br />In cooperation with the DNR and other resource agencies, LGUS shall implement an
<br />incentive, marketing, or education program to encourage property owners to protect or
<br />restore natural vegetation within the BIZ, SIZ, SP2, and other areas identified in MN
<br />Statutes, 91160.15, Subd. 4(b). The LGU program must include, at a minimum:
<br />C. 1. Each LGU within the river corridor shall prepare plans and
<br />regulations to protect environmentally sensitive areas in
<br />accordance with the following guidelines:
<br />a. Each LGU shall, with assistance of the Metropolitan Council
<br />and state agencies:
<br />(6) Prepare plans and regulations to minimize site
<br />alteration and for beach and riverbank erosion control.
<br />(7) Prepare plans and regulations for management of
<br />vegetative cutting.
<br />C.2. Each LGU and state agency shall prepare plans and regulations
<br />to protect and preserve the aesthetic qualities of the river
<br />corridor, which provide for the following considerations:
<br />a. Site Plans. Site plans shall be required to meet the following
<br />guidelines:
<br />( Site plans shall include standards to ensure that
<br />structure, road, screening, landscaping, construction
<br />placement, maintenance, and storm water runoff are
<br />compatible with the character and use of the river
<br />corridor in that district.
<br />(5) Site plans shall....contain specific conditions with regard
<br />to buffering, landscaping, and revegetation.
<br />b. Structures. Structure site and location shall be regulated to
<br />ensure that riverbanks, bluffs, and scenic overlooks remain
<br />in their natural state, and to minimize interference with
<br />views of and from the river, except for specific uses requiring
<br />river access.
<br />e. Existing Development. Local plans and regulations shall
<br />include provisions to:
<br />(1) Retain existing vegetation and landscaping.
<br />( Provide for the screening of existing development
<br />which constitutes visual intrusion, wherever
<br />appropriate.
<br />E. Earthwork and vegetation
<br />2. Vegetation management.
<br />a. In Rural Open Space, Urban Developed, and Urban Open
<br />Space districts, the following standards shall apply:
<br />(1) On developed islands, public recreation lands, the
<br />slope or face of bluffs within 200' of the NHWM of the
<br />river, and within the area 40' landward of bluffllnes,
<br />clear cutting shall not be permitted.
<br />(2) On all other lands within these districts, clear cutting
<br />shall be guided by the following provisions:
<br />a) clear cutting shall not be used where soil, slope,
<br />or other watershed conditions are fragile and
<br />subject
<br />to injury;
<br />b) clear cutting shall be conducted only where clear
<br />cut blocks, patches, or strips are, in all cases,
<br />shaped and blended with the natural terrain;
<br />c) the size of clear cut blocks, patches, or strips shall
<br />be kept at the minimum necessary;
<br />d) where feasible all clear cuts shall be conducted
<br />between September 15 and May 15. If natural
<br />regeneration will not result in adequate
<br />vegetative cover, areas in which clear cutting is
<br />conducted shall be replanted to prevent erosion
<br />and to maintain the aesthetic quality of the area;
<br />where feasible, replanting shall be performed in
<br />the same spring, or the following spring.
<br />(3) The selective cutting of trees greater than 4" in
<br />diameter may be permitted by LGUs when the cutting
<br />is appropriately spaced and staged so that continuous
<br />natural cover is maintained.
<br />b. In the Urban Diversified district:
<br />(1) On the slope or face of bluffs and within areas 40'
<br />landward from established bluffllnes, clear cutting
<br />shall not be permitted;
<br />(2) The selective cutting of trees greater than 4" in
<br />diameter may be permitted by LGUS when the cutting
<br />is appropriately spaced and staged so that continuous
<br />natural cover is maintained. (Continued...)
<br />(1) use of educational material developed by the DNR or other resource agency; and
<br />(2) monitoring and evaluation.
<br />Vegetation
<br />Management
<br />Vegetation within the SIZ, BIZ, SPZ, and other areas identified in MN Statutes, 91160.15,
<br />Subd. 4. b (floodplains, wetlands, gorges, and existing significant vegetative stands)
<br />must be managed as follows:
<br />• Vegetation currently in a natural state shall be maintained.
<br />• Restoration of vegetation to a natural state is encouraged.
<br />• Intensive vegetation clearing is not allowed.
<br />• Screening of structures, vehicles, and other facilities as viewed from the river or
<br />OHWLof the opposite shore (during summer, leaf -on conditions) must be
<br />maintained.
<br />• Limited cutting, trimming, or clearing of trees, shrubs, and other understory
<br />vegetation may be allowed for:
<br />1. the minimum necessary to install structures and facilities allowed by these
<br />rules, including;
<br />o structures and facilities listed as exceptions in Sheet 1— Dimensional
<br />Standards and Sheet 2 —Bluffs & Steep Slopes; and
<br />o one shoreline recreational use area (not to exceed ZS' x 25' on a 300'
<br />wide lot, with an extra 25' allowed for each 100` in lot width for PUDs
<br />and lots >300' ' wide, not to exceed 5,000 sq ft total);
<br />2. the removal of trees, limbs or branches that are dead, dying, diseased,
<br />infested; to prevent infestation or spread of disease; or that pose a safety
<br />hazard as determined by a forester, arborist, or other qualified LGU
<br />representative *;
<br />3. the removal of invasive, non - native plants as determined by a forester,
<br />arborist, or other qualified LGU representative *;
<br />4. woodland /habitat management and restoration activities sponsored and
<br />approved by a resource agency or the LGU; and
<br />5. forest management activities sponsored and approved by a resource agency
<br />or the LGU, and per the forestry use standards in Sheet 5a-Uses.
<br />* In areas cleared of vegetation as provided in items 2 and 3 above, native vegetation
<br />must be reestablished, either by allowing it to regenerate naturally (no cutting or
<br />mowing) or with plantings subject to a restoration plan.
<br />Vegetation Management - Comparison of Preliminary Draft & Current MRCCA Standards
<br />Notes:
<br />• The preliminary draft standards presented at the work group meeting on August 12, 2010 have been revised based on input from work group members, LGUS, other agencies, and the public.
<br />• For proposed district boundaries, refer to the proposed MRCCA district maps for your area. For current district boundaries, refer to the EO 79 -19 District Map. All maps are available on the MRCCA rulemaking project website.
<br />Sheet 4: Vegetation Management — Revised November 5, 2010
<br />Prepared by Minnesota Deportment of Natural Resources, November 5, 2010
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