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Buffer Legislation <br />Riparian protection requirements for public waters: <br />• a 50' average / 30' minimum width, continuous buffer of <br />perennially rooted vegetation; <br />• the state shoreland standards;. <br />• or an alternative water quality practice <br />Riparian protection requirements for public drainage <br />systems: <br />• a 16.5 -foot minimum width continuous buffer of perennially <br />rooted vegetation on "ditches within the benefited area of public <br />drainage systems", <br />• or an alternative water quality practice <br />Buffer Legislation at a glance <br />Laws of Minnesota 2015, 1st Special Session, Chapter 4, Article 4 <br />Directs the <br />map" for public waters and public drainage systems <br />"Buffer protection <br />Riparian protection requirements for public waters, the more restrictive of: <br />1. a 50' average/30' minimum width, continuous buffer of perennially rooted vegetation; <br />2. the state shoreland standards; <br />3. or an alternative water quality practice <br />Riparian protection requirements for public drainage systems: <br />1. a 16.5 -foot minimum width continuous buffer of perennially rooted vegetation on "ditches <br />within the benefited area of public drainage systems", <br />2. or an alternative water quality practice <br />7 <br />