§ 63.100. Relationship to the Growth Management Plan.

The Environmental Protection requirements of this Chapter implement GMP Conservation Goal #1, to balance important environmental and conservation concerns, including air quality, water quality, groundwater, the protection of environmentally sensitive lands and endangered species with the need for residential, industrial, and commercial development. The requirements of this Chapter also implement the following objectives: 1) to ensure that all applicable Federal and State air quality standards for attainment are maintained; 2) to maintain a systematic program for identifying and evaluating water quality problems related to the area's surface and groundwaters; 3) to identify and eliminate, wherever possible, all known sources of water pollution; 4) to develop comprehensive wetland, vegetation, and endangered species protection regulations; and 5) to establish methods of protecting all types of environmentally sensitive lands, including valuable upland communities, wherever possible.

(Ord. of 9-16-1991, Doc. #25100)