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Posifive views:Views of natural areas, water bodies, established parks, wetlands, rural and historic land uses. � <br /> Negative views:Views of structures, particularly multi-family residential, institutional, and commercial and <br /> industrial uses. Views of power lines, telephone poles and other utility infrastructure. <br /> Landmark preservation and enhancement means preserving and maintaining distinct cultural features, landmarks <br /> and unique points of local character, both natural and man-made, to maintain a familiar sense of 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 ecosystem <br /> 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 M-34X Natural <br /> Community Quality Modifiers. <br /> Significant free stand means a grouping or cluster of coniferous and/or deciduous trees with contiguous crown <br /> cover, occupying 500 or more square feet of property, which are comprised of deciduous trees six inches or larger in <br /> diameter(d.b.h.) or coniferous trees 12 feet or more in height. Additionally, those forest or woodland remnants identified <br /> as high, moderate or good quality in the Orono Natural Resources Inventory shall be considered as significant tree <br /> stands. � <br /> (Ord. No. 67 3rd series, § 1, 1-11-2010) <br /> DIVISION 2. � <br /> BASIC APPLICATION AND PLAN REQUIREMENTS � <br /> Sec. 78-1634.Application requirements and procedures. <br /> The developer shall follow the steps outlined below as part of the development review process: <br /> (1) Review and respond to the Goals and Policies for Environmental Protection and Natural Resource <br /> Management as established in the Orono Community Management Plan and the recommendations <br /> contained within the Orono Natural Resources Inventory. The intent is to establish the property's <br /> ecological connections both within Orono and as part of the regional ecological system. <br /> (2) If the property exists adjacent to a documented corridor in the Rural Oasis Study, review and respond to . <br /> the existing aesthetic and ecological analysis. <br /> (3) If the property is not adjacent to a documented corridor in the Rural Oasis Study, developer shall have a <br /> qualified consultant prepare a similar analysis and submit it to the city for review. This analysis shall <br /> include the documentation of views, corridor enclosure, and landmarks through a plan analysis and <br /> photographs. Developer shall be charged a standard fee established in the city fee schedule to cover the <br /> expenses of the city in hiring a consultant to review the ecological site analysis submitted by the � <br /> developer. <br /> (4) Additionally, submit a natural resources inventory of the site, including all of the following elements: <br /> a. Review of the MLCCS data pertinent to the site. <br /> b. Tree survey, including all significant individual trees greater than six feet diameter, and stands of <br /> trees, identifying tree species and size. <br /> c. Wetland inventory, including delineation reports, <br /> d. Topographic survey indicating existing drainage patterns. <br />