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Subd. 1. Through the adoption and enforcement of this Chapter, the City shall <br />promote the general health, safety, and welfare of its residents by both conserving and <br />protecting wetlands and requiring sound management practices and mitigation as <br />provided for in the WCA when development occurs in the vicinity of wetlands. Through <br />the implementation of this Chapter, the City seeks to accomplish the following purposes: <br /> <br /> (a) To satisfy the requirements of the WCA as it may be amended and, 'thereby <br />achieve no net loss of wetlands within the City; <br /> <br /> (b) To preserve the natural character of the landscape through the maintenance of <br />wetland ecosystems; <br /> <br />(c) To preserve scenic viewsheds; <br /> <br /> (d) To establish greenway corridors in the City when combined with appropriate <br />upland features; <br /> <br /> (e) To ensure water quality by maintaining the ability of wetlands to recharge <br />ground water and receive the discharge of ground water, to retain sediment and toxicants <br />and filter and strip nutrients from surface water runoff before it discharges into <br />community lakes and streams, thus avoiding'the contamination and eutrophication of <br />these water features; <br /> <br /> (f) To provide wildlife habitat and thereby support the maintenance of diversity of <br />both plant and animal species within the City; and <br /> <br /> (g) In accordance with the findings of this Chapter, the City will develop a means <br />of monitoring the inventoried wetlands. Further, it is the intent of this ordinance to put in <br />place a mean~ of baselining the existing wetlands in the City in order to determine if the <br />buffering policies are effective in maintaining wetland quality upon development. This <br />monitoring should include but is not limited to water quality measures, flora analysis and <br />biological surveys. <br /> <br /> Subd. 2. It is the purpose of this Section to assure the general health, safety, and <br />welfare of the residents through preservation and conservation of wetlands and sound <br />management of development by: <br /> <br /> (a) Conducting an inventory of all natural and constructed wetlands within' the . <br />City; <br /> <br /> (b) Developing a system of classification for wetlands within the City based on <br />wetland functions and values, through the application of an assessment method accepted <br />under the WCA. <br /> <br />Ramsey Wetland Protection Ordinance - April 2005 Draft <br />Page 3 of 8 <br /> <br />82 <br /> <br /> <br />