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CMP Part 3A. Environmental Protection Plan <br /> 13. To ensure the preservation and enhancement of the existing "rural <br /> character" of the city. <br /> 14. To preserve Orono's dark night skies and minimize light pollution. <br /> GENERAL POLICIES FOR NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT <br /> 1. Orono will promote and support the formulation and ���:�� <br /> implementation of environmental protection policies by other Lake <br /> Minnetonka area municipalities and. responsible government <br /> agencies. Even though Orono plays a key role in the protection of Lake <br /> Minnetonka, permanent preservation of the quality of Lake Minnetonka <br /> is impossible without coordinated policies and without active <br /> implementation of proven protective measures. Environmental <br /> enforcement may be difficult in the face of development pressures, but <br /> without commitment and sacrifice, a nibbling effect will surely place the <br /> goal beyond reach and beyond recovery. <br /> 2. Environmental protection policies will continue to be utilized in the <br /> formation of all other goals and policies in this CMP. Orono's <br /> commitment to environmental quality is carried throughout each element <br /> in this comprehensive plan, coloring the goals, policies and <br /> implementation practices in every facet of municipal responsibility. <br /> 3. Development density will be limited to a level which will not overload <br /> the natural surface water drainage and filtration system. <br /> Urbanization increases the speed and quantity of surface runoff while <br /> decreasing the water quality. �e���e�� '�c�=��—Qex��--�•��'�� <br /> ���E,'E��—c^oriipc`�i�-S 6�}-�c�'Vb`c2�i—ii�0�i3�2'b`ci�--vr—��oiz.m�—c`li� <br /> �e�-�-t-�e�r--�ge�e�'-���,� �,,,,,.,,,, ,.��,�c-��eit � a� � <br /> r„+r;�^' ^� m;'^+;^� The use of su�plementary stormwater runoff <br /> qualit�quantit m�ana_�ement systems such as artificial ponding will <br /> continue to be implemented as required bv local, state and federal <br /> standards, but such methods will not override the basic premise of <br /> reliance on natural systems. Therefore, development density will not be <br /> increased to a level at which the capacitv of natural systems to assimilate <br /> nutrients and handle flow rates and volumes is exceeded. <br /> 4. Surface water runoff will be directed through the natural drainage <br /> system. Direct runoff into the lake will be avoided and will be <br /> prohibited whenever possible. The longer the routing of storm water <br /> between source and the lake and the longer the duration of ponding in a <br /> wetland or other stormwater holdin� area, the more nutrients are <br /> City of Orono Community Management Plan 2008-2030 Page 3A-44 <br />