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Revised 05/18/2018 Shoreland Amendment Checklist Instructions: The DNR’s ordinance review process uses the model ordinance for evaluating compliance with the shoreland rules. Please email this completed checklist along with the proposed amendment (as a Word document) showing all proposed additions, deletions, and other modifications to your ordinance. For DNR conditional approval review, submit this checklist and your near final draft amendment at least 30 days before the public hearing at which the amendment will be considered. Email the completed checklist and ordinance amendment to ordinance.review.dnr@state.mn.us, and copy your Area Hydrologist (email addresses on 2nd page). Mailed documents cannot be accepted. Local Unit of Government: City of Orono Ordinance Title: LA19-000091 Grading and Land Alterations Person completing checklist: Jeremy Barnhart Title of person completing checklist: Community Development Director Provide a brief explanation of the key issues you want the proposed ordinance amendment to address: This ordinance is intended to clarify regulations as they relate to grading and land alterations, including stockpiling, import and export of soils. This ordinance impacts all land alteration activity, including within the 0-75 Lake yard, in the Shoreland overlay district, and all other areas of the city. The overall goals of the ordinance is to clarify what activities require which permit, reduce the time involved in certain permit reviews, including slope failures, and add requirements for slope failure mitigation projects. Briefly describe any proposed modifications from Key Protection Provisions. For any proposed modifications to provisions identified as “Key Protection Provisions” in the model ordinance (identified in the model with Black Bold text) that do NOT meet the minimum standards, explain why the modifications are needed and how you plan to offset them with other provisions that exceed the minimum standard. This ordinance attempts to retain the model ordinance protections, However, the grading regulations found in the model Shoreland ordinance are moved to the Grading and Land Alteration section. Directions for Completing Checklist Table: 1) In Column A, specify the location of each provision being modified, deleted or added in your proposed amendment. Please bold any provision that is a “Key Protection Provision.” These provisions are identified with Black Bold text in the model ordinance. Any proposal to weaken these provisions generally requires higher standards on other provisions unless the provisions are not applicable. See MR 6120.2800 Subd. 3 for more information. 2) In Column B, cite the location of the provision in the shoreland model ordinance. 3) In Column C, briefly explain why the provision is being modified, deleted or added. 4) For amendments with no content change, such as recodifications or re-organizations, you DO NOT need to complete this table.