(A) Statutory authorization. This subchapter is adopted pursuant to the authorization and policies contained in M.S. Ch. 103A, as it may be amended from time to time, Minn. Rules parts 6120.2500 through 6120.3900, and the planning and zoning enabling legislation in M.S. Ch. 462, as it may be amended from time to time.
(B) Policy.
(1) The uncontrolled use of the waters and shorelands within the city affects the public heath, safety and general welfare by contributing to pollution of public waters and degradation of the environmental and aesthetic values and by impairing the local tax base.
(2) Also, the inability of local land use controls on areas where there is sensitivity to pollution of the bedrock aquifers and water table aquifers can greatly lead to the degradation of the groundwater. Therefore, it is in the best interest in the public health, safety and general welfare to provide for the wise development, use and conservation of the land and waters with the city.
(3) Furthermore, the state legislature has delegated responsibility to local governments of the state to regulate the subdivision, development and use of shorelands of public waters and thus to preserve and enhance the quality of surface waters, to manage the effects of shoreland crowding, to conserve the economic, historic and natural environmental values of shorelands and to provide for the wise use of waters and related land resources. This responsibility is hereby recognized by the city.
(Prior Code, § 10-67)