§ 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.
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