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Goals <br />. Policies <br />A. PROTECTION ELEMENT <br />1. Protect and manage environmentally sensitive areas <br />such as soils, woodlands, wetlands, natural water - <br />courses, and steep slopes. <br />2. Encourage orderly urban development which minimizes <br />serious environmental or economic damage. <br />HISTORIC SITES <br />RAMSEY SHOULD CONTINUE TO IDENTIFY SITES AND BUILDINGS <br />SUITED FOR HISTORIC PROTECTION AND PURSUE PRIVATE AND <br />PUBLIC SUPPORT FOR THEIR DEDICATION WHERE APPROPRIATE. <br />2. THE CITY OF RAMSEY SHOULD ENCOURAGE THE USE OF BOTH <br />PUBLIC AND PRIVATE FUNDS TO TRY TO MAINTAIN BUILDINGS <br />WHICH HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED AS HAVING ARCHITECTURAL OR <br />HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE. <br />NATURAL WATERCOURSES <br />3. NATURAL WATERCOURSES SHALL BE MAINTAINED TO HANDLE STORM <br />WATER RUNOFF. <br />4. SUBDIVISION REGULATIONS SHALL REQUIRE PROTECTION OF <br />NATURAL WATERCOURSES AS PART OF THE DEVELOPMENT PLAN <br />THROUGH EASEMENTS OR LAND DEDICATION. <br />5. COMPREHENSIVE STORM WATER DRAINAGE PLANS WILL BE COM- <br />PLETED PRIOR TO URBAN. DEVELOPMENT OCCURRING WITHIN A. <br />WATERSHED. THE PLAN WILL MAXIMIZE THE USE OF EXISTING <br />WATERCOURSES AND WETLAND AREAS, WHICH WILL REDUCE THE <br />DEGRADATION OF WATER QUALITY, AND MINIMIZE THE INCREASE <br />IN THE RATE OF RUN -OFF. <br />6. ALTERATIONS OF ANY WETLAND OVER 1 ACRE WHICH WILL IN- <br />HIBIT THE ROLE IN THE HYDROLOGIC OR ECOLOGICAL SYSTEMS <br />SHALL BE PROHIBITED. <br />7. SUBDIVISION REGULATIONS SHALL REQUIRE THE PROTECTION <br />OF WETLANDS AS PART OF PUBLIC OR PRIVATE LAND. <br />54 <br />WETLANDS <br />