Uncontrolled use of the shoreland-wetlands and the pollution of the navigable waters of the village would adversely affect the public health, safety, convenience, general welfare, and impair the tax base. The legislature of the state has delegated responsibility to all municipalities to:
(a) Promote the public health, safety, convenience, and general welfare;
(b) Maintain the storm and floodwater storage capacity of wetlands;
(c) Prevent and control water pollution by preserving wetlands which filter or store sediments, nutrients, heavy metals, or organic compounds that would otherwise drain into navigable waters;
(d) Protect fish, their spawning grounds, other aquatic life and wildlife by preserving wetlands and other aquatic habitat;
(e) Prohibit certain uses detrimental to the shoreland-wetland area; and
(f) Preserve shore cover and natural beauty by restricting the removal of natural shoreland cover and controlling shoreland-wetland excavation, filling, and other earth moving activities.
(Prior Code, § 13-3-2)