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All wetlands, including those governed by the Department of Natural Resources, are <br />covered by the other provisions of this Section. <br /> <br /> Subd. 7. The City has also found that it is in the best interest of the <br />general health and welfare of the City to achieve no net loss of wetlands within the- <br />community. It is the intent of this Section to avoid or minimize the alteration and <br />destruction of wetlands where possible. When wetlands are altered or destroyed, <br />mitigation must be provided to recreate the functions and values of the lost wetland. <br /> <br /> Subd. 8. It is the intent of this Section to develop a methodology for <br />determining the relative value of the various wetland types within the City. -By use of a <br />values and measures system, four wetland management classifications will be defined. <br />They are Preserve, Manage 1, Manage 2, and Manage 3. Various buffering scenarios will <br />be defined dependent upon the value of a wetland as measured. More valued wetlands <br />will have more stringent buffering guidelines. <br /> <br /> Subd. 9. Vegetative buffer strips meliorate and 'filter runoff and discharge <br />into wetlands. Wetlands are instrumental in maintaining and improving both water <br />quantity and quality for aquifer recharge. In addition to the mechanical and physical <br />thnction of impeding sediment run off and transport~ buffer .s~rip and wetland vegetation <br />are indicators of the biological functioning that serves t~ metabolize or sequester <br />nutrients as well as contaminants and sediment. The ability to support microbial life, <br />macroinvertebrates, and common wildlife is a proximate indicator of the value and <br />quality ('health') of the wetlands and their associated buffer region, in turn, the water <br />quality desired for human use and human health is the functional result of biological <br />processes in wetlands and associated buffers. <br /> <br /> Protection and enhancement of vegetation in the buffers during <br />establisttment increases their buffering capacity for the wetlands. Biotic baselines are <br />integral to maintaining and evaluating the functional health of the inventoried wetlands. <br />Periodic monitoring and periodic review of biologic functions can be a means of <br />evaluating success of the technical guidelines and implementation in single wetlands, <br />complexes or stream watersheds. Review of existing data from within the City can help <br />establish baselines and expectations. <br /> <br /> Subd. 10. It is the intent of this Section to place a higher level of Priority <br />to protect and preserve larger, connected wetland complexes of high ecological integrity <br />than smaller, isolated wetlands that have already incurred substantial eutrophication and <br />contamination. <br /> <br />9.26.1)2 Purpose and Implementation. <br /> <br /> Subd. 1. Through the adoption and enforcement of this Section, the City <br />shall promote the general health, safety, and welfare of its residents by both .conserving <br />and protecting wetlands and requiring sound management practices and mitigation as <br />Ramsey Wet/and Protection Ordinance - June 30. 05 EPB revisions <br /> Page 2 <br /> <br /> <br />