[Ord. No. 3911-07 §1, 12-19-2007]
A. Whereas,
the City Council of the City of Hazelwood, Missouri, finds that buffers
adjacent to streams provide numerous benefits including:
1. Protecting, restoring and maintaining the chemical, physical and
biological integrity of streams and their water resources;
2. Removing pollutants delivered in urban storm water;
3. Reducing erosion and controlling sedimentation;
4. Protecting and stabilizing stream banks;
5. Providing for infiltration of storm water runoff;
6. Maintaining base flow of streams;
7. Contributing organic matter that is a source of food and energy for
the aquatic ecosystem;
8. Providing tree canopy to shade streams and promote desirable aquatic
habitat;
9. Providing riparian wildlife habitat;
10. Furnishing scenic value and recreational opportunity;
11. Providing opportunities for the protection and restoration of greenspace.
[Ord. No. 3911-07 §1, 12-19-2007]
A. The
purpose of this Chapter is to protect the public health, safety, environment
and general welfare; to minimize public and private losses due to
erosion, siltation and water pollution; and to maintain stream water
quality by provisions designed to:
1. Create buffer zones along the streams of City of Hazelwood for the
protection of water resources; and
2. Minimize land development within such buffers by establishing buffer
zone requirements and by requiring authorization for any such activities.