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.: At City of ORONO RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL NO. .<54=' Z: sH RO ELAND. FLOOD PLAN AND Y- C.M.P. 3-9 ORONO'S MANY MILES OF SHORELI14E ARE £SPECIALLY SENSITIVE TO MISUSE OR OVERDEVELOPtiENT. An the interface between land and water, the shoreline is ever changing. Shorelines are subject to continual erosion by wave action, ice buildup or unstable soil conditions. Droughts dry out vegetation and heavy rains or snow melt cause land slipage. On top of these natural pressures, man is drawn to the lake and the shoreline often becomes nis battleground with nature. Lake access often means active use and construction of buildings and structures causing unnatural soil loadings, vegetation removal, and land alteration. Exposed a oil becomes more subject to erosion and man-made hardcover increases direct runoff quantity and speed. Power boats increase wave action and, more damaging, stir up the lake bottom causing release of nutrients and increased turbidity. The impact, of course, is a degradation of water quality, impaired lake access and a change in the natural aesthetics which drew people to the shore in the first place. Legal considerations become entangled when lot descriptions conflict or become inconsistent due to changing water levels or shoreline locations. Therefore, planning considerations must recognize the desirability of human interaction with the lake while at the same time providing for protection of nature's sensitively balanced oreline ecology. AND USE - C.M.P. 4-6 TVCIPAL GOAL OF ORONO'S PLANNING PROGRAM IS TFiE PROTECTION OF NATURAL "At -ES AND ENVIRONMENTAL AMENITIES, PARTICULARLY THE WATER QUALITY OF AINNETON}:A. The Environmental Protection Plan emphasizes Orono'- 4 tue environmental position in relation to the long-term health of Lake Ninnetonxa. Land use anti development will not be permitted at the expense of environmental protection. Retention of natural vegetation, lie' ,r. and open space will be promoted. Shorelines will br protected : ':ri and alteration. Wetlands and marshland will be protected and nre as wildlife habitats, unique open spaces and most importantly as economically practical method of flood protection and storm water runoff filtration. GENERAL ,.AND USE POLICY NO._2 - C..M.P. 4-12 2. OFtQN s LAND USE PLkNS WILL BE BASED UPON ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION POLICIES. Land use and development must assure the conservation, protection and preservation of sans`tive environmental resources in accordance with the goals and policies of 'he Environmental Protection Plan. Land use policies wtll encourage the wise rise and manasament of natu,..l resources while prohibi`:ing their