§ 1441.
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§ 1441. Purpose
The purposes of this chapter shall be to:
(1)provide clear and adaptable standards for the creation of impervious surface or cleared area in lands adjacent to lakes;
(2)prevent degradation of water quality in lakes and preserve natural stability of shoreline;
(3)protect aquatic biota and protect habitat for wildlife and aquatic life;
(4)mitigate, minimize, and manage any impact of new impervious surface and new cleared area on the lakes of the State;
(5)mitigate the damage that floods and erosion cause to development, structures, and other resources in the lands adjacent to lakes;
(6)accommodate creation of cleared areas and impervious surfaces in protected shoreland areas in a manner that allows for reasonable development of existing parcels;
(7)protect shoreland owners’ access to, views of, and use of the State’s lakes; and
(8)preserve and further the economic benefits and values of lakes and their adjacent shorelands. (Added 2013, No. 172 (Adj. Sess.), § 2.)