(A) The City Council finds it is in the best interest of the city to protect, preserve and enhance the natural resources and environment of the community and to encourage a resourceful and prudent approach to the development and alteration of land.
(B) In the interest of achieving these objectives, the city has established the comprehensive natural resources management regulations herein to promote the furtherance of the following:
(1) Protection and preservation of the city’s natural resources;
(2) Orderly development of land to minimize tree and land habitat loss;
(3) Minimization of the impacts to water bodies, trees and wooded areas resulting from development during the construction phase and from the conditions created by its completion;
(4) Establishment of standards for water quality and tree preservation and the mitigation of environmental impacts resulting from tree removal and water pollutants;
(5) Creative land use and environmentally compatible site design which preserves trees and minimizes tree removal during development; and
(6) Enforcement of natural resources management standards to promote and protect the public health, safety and welfare of the community.
(Ord. 633, passed 10-9-97; Am. Ord. 864, passed 6-11-09)