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Orono Natural Resource Inventory means an element of the Orono Community Management Plan that <br /> displays the ecological connections within and beyond the City of Orono. <br /> Corridor enclosure means the nature, appearance and relative degrees of screening provided by roadside <br /> vegetation. Corridor enclosure types include: <br /> Open enclosure: Long views beyond the right-of-way,no real sense of corridor enclosure. <br /> Edged enclosure: Solid wall of vegetation along roadside,views focused along corridor. <br /> Tunneled enclosure: Vegetation begins to completely enclose roadway, above and sides, creating a <br /> "small scale" roadway experience. <br /> Varied enclosure: Enclosure changes rapidly along corridor, short stretches of open, edged, and tunneled <br /> corridor. - <br /> View analysis means the process of determining whether a view is positive or negative. <br /> Positive views: Views of natural areas, water bodies, established parks, wetlands,rural and historic land <br /> uses. <br /> Negative views: Views of structures,particularly multi-family residential, institutional, and commercial <br /> and industrial uses. Views of power lines, telephone poles and other utility infrastructure. <br /> � Landmarkpreservation and enhancement means preserving and maintaining distinct cultural features, <br /> landmarks and unique points of local character, both natural and man-made, to maintain a familiar sense of <br /> place in the community. <br /> Ecological Management Categories: <br /> Level 1: Ecological "off-limits" areas, including wetlands and required buffers, historic drainage. <br /> Level 2: Ecological opportunities, including existing degraded drainageways and existing degraded <br /> ecosystem remnants. <br /> Level 3: Ecological possibilities: Areas suitable for stormwater treatment. <br /> Note: These Ecological Management Categories are not intended to directly correlate with MLCCS <br /> M-34X Natural Community Quality Modifiers. � <br /> Significant ti^ee stand means a grouping or cluster of coniferous and/or deciduous trees with contiguous <br /> crown cover, occupying 500 or more square feet of property, which are comprised of deciduous trees six inches <br /> or larger in diameter(d.b.h.) or coniferous trees 12 feet or more in height. Additionally,those forest or <br /> woodland remnants identified as high, moderate or good quality in the Orono Natural Resources Inventory shall <br /> be considered as significant tree stands. <br />