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5. 6. 7. Section 10.02, Definition 69 defines Structure as "Anything, or part thereof, which is built, constructed or erected, an edifice or building of any kind, or any piece of work artificially built up or composed of parts joined together in some definite manner, which requires a location on, below, or above the ground, land, or water, or attached to something having a location on the ground, land, or water." The 1980 City of Orono Community Management Plan ("Comprehensive Plan") contains a number of general land use and environmental protection goals and policies with which the applicant’s proposal must be consistent, including the following: A. Environmental Protection Plan, Urban Area Policy 2: "Retention of natural vegetation will limit the impact of urbanization as visible from the lake...Minimum green belts will be provided with prohibitions against clearcutting or excessive thinning of vegetation. Natural vegetation will be preserved on slopes. Retaining walls will be discouraged except when absolutely necessary to prevent erosion, in which case they will be screened with natural vegetation." B. Environmental Protection Plan, General Policy 9: "Lake shorelines will be protected from alteration. Natural vegetation in shoreland areas will be preserved insofar as practical and reasonable in order to retard surface runoff and soil erosion, and to utilize excess nutrients. Clearcutting will be prohibited. In areas of soil or wave action, natural stone rip-rap shoreline protection will be encouraged." The applicant’s submittal includes an engineers report stating the existing topography requires a retaining wall to avoid increased erosion of the hillside which would result in sediment entering the lake. The boulder retaining wall is necessary to avoid additional erosion concerns caused by a storm which damaged or destroyed a number of trees on the hillside, which trees had provided stabilization of the slope. Page 3 of 7