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46.24 Sec. 20. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 116G.15, subdivision 4, is amended to read: <br />46.25 Subd. 4. Standards. (a) The commissioner shall establish, by rule, minimum <br />46.26guidelines and standards for the districts established in subdivision 3. The guidelines and <br />46.27standards for each district shall include the intent of each district and key resources and <br />46.28features to be protected or enhanced based upon paragraph (b). The commissioner must <br />46.29take into account municipal plans and policies, and existing ordinances and conditions <br />46.30when developing the guidelines in this section. The commissioner may provide certain <br />46.31exceptions and criteria for standards, including, but not limited to, exceptions for river <br />46.32access facilities, water supply facilities, storm water facilities, and wastewater treatment <br />46.33facilities, and hydropower facilities. <br />47.1 (b) The guidelines and standards must protect or enhance the following key <br />47.2resources and features: <br />47.3 (1) floodplains; <br />47.4 (2) wetlands; <br />47.5 (3) gorges; <br />47.6 (4) areas of confluence with key tributaries; <br />47.7 (5) natural drainage routes; <br />47.8 (6) shorelines and riverbanks; <br />47.9 (7) bluffs; <br />47.10 (8) steep slopes and very steep slopes; <br />47.11 (9) unstable soils and bedrock; <br />47.12 (10) significant existing vegetative stands, tree canopies, and native plant <br />47.13communities; <br />47.14 (11) scenic views and vistas; <br />47.15 (12) publicly owned parks, trails, and open spaces; <br />47.16 (13) cultural and historic sites and structures; and <br />47.17 (14) water quality; and <br />47.18 (15) commercial, industrial, and residential resources. <br />47.19 (c) The cornmiddiaec, dhall edtablidh a map to dcfinc bluffs and bluff rel-at-ed fco s <br />47.20within the-Mioai3oippi River corridor critic) xc\n. "} the outset of thc rulemalcirg p; ocess, <br />47.21thc commissions dhall create a preliminary map of all thc bluffs and bluff lines within <br />47.22thc River corridor critial tact, t c guideline3 r ricirtgroph (d). The <br />47.23 +errrlcrg proce33 3"•II ,ir e cr; crp rrtLrt-y to _cfinc the prelrrrrr�rry bluff rrrr. The <br />47.24comniddi ondtrably unique or aty-e+col conditions <br />47.25that wcrrrcrt 3,:iciCi rrre ccticr cif cxcrrr,.ticr. "' the end of the r 'corrlcra proccd3, t"r <br />47.26•commiooiei cr ohall adopt a final bluff map that eontain3 a:rdociatcd features, including <br />47.27bluff lined, bases of bluffs, stccp sloped, and very stccp slopcs. <br />47.28 guidelines Shall be used by thc commiddioncr to crcotc <br />47.29 c1errrrrry bluff rrrr G3 p rrt of thc rulcorrlcrg process: <br />47.30 (1) "bluff face" or "bluff" r-K\and the a; ea be-t-ws.n the bluff line and thc bluff base. A <br />47.31h-i h, dtccp, natural tepe aphic Fcotu; c Such 33 a brood hill, cliff, or ernbankrr.nt with <br />47.32a slopc of 10 ix.rcont or greater and a vertical risc of et Ice3t ten fcct bctwccr thc b&u <br />47.33bose err thc bluff Zinc; <br />47.34 (2) "bluff Zinc" menno a line--delirK\ntin <br />47.35at which thc slopc becomes Ie33 t"rr 10 percent. More t"rr one bluff Zinc may be <br />47.36 <br />48.1{3) "bade of the bluff" mend a line eliro ting the bottom of a Slope-eonrxxting <br />48.2tho po'ntc at whiah the slopc becomes 13 percent or greater. More than one bluff base <br />48.3moy be c _ untc_„d pro__c&rC Irrdwo -n9 thc water; <br />48.4 (4) "stccp sloped" Wend 12 percent to 10 per cent slopcs. Stccp sloped are natural <br />48.5t ographic features with 3n aver of 12 to 18 psa:.nt mcosurcd over a horizontal <br />