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DIVISION 12. SHOREL}J.\lD MA.1~AGEIvIENT* Page 13 of 21 the uses shall be designed to incorporate topographic and vegetative screening of parking areas and structures. (2) Uses that require short-tenn watercraft mooring for patrons shall centralize these facilities and design them to avoid obstructions of navigation and to be the minimum size necessary to meet the need. (3) Uses that depend on patrons arriving by watercraft may use signs and lighting to convey needed information to the public, subject to the provisions of the sign regulations of this article and the following general standards: a~ No advertising signs or supporting facilities for signs may be placed in or upon public waters. Signs conveying information or safety messages may be placed in or on public waters by a public authority or under a permit issued by the county sheriff. b. No signs may be placed within the shore impact zone or bluff impact zone. c. Other outside lighting may be located within the shore impact zone or over public waters if it is used primarily to illuminate potential safety hazards and is shielded or otherwise directed to prevent direct illumination out across public waters. This does not preclude use of navigational lights. (b) Agricultural use standards. Standards for agricultural uses are as follows: (1) General cultivation farming, grazing, nurseries, horticulture, truck farming, sod farming, and wild crop harvesting are pennitted uses if steep slopes and shore and bluff impact zones are maintained in permanent vegetation or operated under an approved conservation plan (resource management system) consistent with the field office technical guides of the local soil and water conservation district or the United States Soil Conservation SetVice, as provided by a qualified individual or agency. The shore impact zone for parcels with . permitted agricultural land uses is equal to a line parallel to and 50 feet from the ordinary high-water level. (2) Animal feedlots shall meet the folloVling standards: a~ New feedlots shall not be located in the shoreland of watercourses or in bluff impact zones and shall meet a minimum setback of 300 feet from the ordinary high-water level of all public waters basins; and b~ Modifications or expansions to existing feedlots that are located within 300 feet of the ordinary high-water level or within a bluff impact zone are allowed if they do not further encroach into the existing ordinary high- water level setback or encroach on bluff impact zones. (c) Forest mCllUlgement sta11dards. The harvesting of timber and associated reforestation shall be conducted consistent with the provisions of the Minnesota Nonpoint Source Pollution Assessment-Forestry and the provisions of Water Quality in Forest 1\1anagement, "Best Management Practices in Minnesota," a copy of which is available through the state department of natural resources. (d) Extractive use stCllldards. The following standards shall apply to extractive uses: (1) Site development and restoratio!l platI.. An extractive use site development and restoration plan shall be developed, approved, and followed over the course of operation of the site, pursuant to chapter 42, article II. The plan shall address dust, noise, possible pollutant discharges, hours and duration of operation, and anticipated vegetation and topographic alterations. It shall also identify actions to be taken during operation to mitigate adverse environmental impacts, particularly erosion, and shall clearly explain how the site will be rehabilitated after extractive activities end. (2) Setbacks for processing machinelY. Processing machinery shall be located consistent vvith setback standards for structures from ordinary high-water levels of public waters and from bluffs. (Code 1982, S 904.08(6)) Sec. 30-2027. Condltional u~es_ Conditional uses allowable within shoreland areas shall be subject to the review and approval procedures and criteria and conditions for review of conditional uses as set forth in subdivision ill of division 2 of this article. The follo,ving additional evaluation criteria and conditions shall be considered in evaluating conditional use permit requests within shoreland areas: (1) Eval11atiol1 criteria. A thorough evaluation of the water body and the topographic, vegetation, and soils conditions on the site shall be made to ensure that: a. Soil erosion or other possible pollution of public ,vaters is prevented, both during and after construction; b. The visibility of structures and other facilities as viewed from public waters is limited; c. The site is adequate for water supply and on-site sewage treatment; and d. The types, uses and numbers of watercraft that the project vvill generate are compatible in relation to the http://library4 . muni code. com/mcc/Doc View/I 3 427/1/66/84/96 5/9/2006