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<br /> <br />rlbn-residential devil <br />$s district. The rut <br />s~enic and natural. t <br />the corridor. Thet <br />islands in their...nJ.. .... .... . ,.' ......... and:<~ <br />ttaDsportation functf <it tflrver'coM~or~" <br />I.~ ..... '.. <br />b) Wild and Scenic.Jlt" .: t <br />b11973 Congress ppsJ' '~Wil4 a#d',~c'~c l\iV;ers Act~o protect Minnesota's <br />~vers that possess~c): reatioqal~'natq.ra1~l1istoricalfscientific, and similar <br />values. The Missi$soW 'rerpo~o~i'th.e'M:~ropolitan Area begins its <br />d~signation as a Witp ic .QiY~r .~. ~~~y. 'fhe Act classifies the river as <br />b~ing of a "wildt',' " or. '~eQreaw.~~"natureand . imposes different <br />r+gulations for e~l1 ionJ.}~4~.~s~Yf the Mississippi River is <br />~nsidered a recreatj becau,eJt .~.adjll.Cel1t lan~ that are considerably <br />d~veloped, but are sp of[be~I.p1~gelllso~stofurther the purposes of <br />tlJe Wild and Scenit ..ct.l-~tJte f~riti~~l. Area Act, the state created a <br />nlanagement plan f+r 'rece~vi,~giPist'pe~i~nation and local municipalities <br />were to amend theit . '.: ~ontrpl~I1!<tth~..~xtentnecess,\ry to comply with the <br />s~dards and criteri~. tlf i . cO~i~ii()~r . and . the1llanagement plan. The <br />EJlVironmental OrdiJut.o):ptedl b~ .~..~~ty~f.R;amsey was intended to meet <br />tilese needs: howevef"~ S ateref~relicel;'Wash1ade to tIle Mississippi River as <br />a }Wild and scenic riveI(ic. <br /> <br /> <br />20()1 Comprehensive Plan <br /> <br />:,..~ ~'tlj ..' .. idential character of <br />>~~&gui~lines to preserve open, <br />.~~ ....arid ecol1omicfunctions within <br />aJ~oQalled {or preserving existing <br />. ing.. Md Preserving the existing <br /> <br />() Floodplain Mana, .. 'jt'f~ct an~.~..d!..anc.e <br />The Floodplain M, .cJn ." ,~ Act -was~pa.$~edin 1969 as a tool to' minimize <br />d~ges due to floo,i. g~:g stan~ts e~blished by the DNR, the City put in <br />place a floodplain ord< '., . Jhat ~eglIr"es1~e~e~opment within floodplain areas. <br />~aps prepared bythelFfd'~ Jns~r~",~~~ipistra.tion iri 1979 and revised by <br />thb DNR in 1987 deljnta!e4,obdpl~niar~as/... <br />; <br /> <br />-~: <br />if <br /> <br />~ <br /> <br />t <br /> <br />~ <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />f <br /> <br />k <br />~ <br /> <br />,~ <br />;[ <br /> <br />K <br />,J;' <br /> <br />rt -;:; <br /> <br />~ <br /> <br />.~ <br /> <br />f% <br /> <br />2001 Ramsey Co,#pl'eifrnsive Plan <br /> <br />Page Xl-7 <br />