• Increase protection of riverbanks and wetlands.
• Increase protection of bluffs and steep slopes.
• Add to the regulations on grading, filling and dredging.
• Strengthen regulations of vegetation management.
• Increase protection of water quality.
• More building height limits to protect views.
• Require the dedication of land for parks, open space and river access.
• Strengthen permit requirements for approval of site plans.

Specificially, land-use restrictions would prohibit industry upstream of the Archer Daniels Midland elevators on Shepard Rd., which could end manufacturing at the Ford plant here, speculated the St. Paul Pioneer Press.

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Land designated as “bluffs” (slopes of 18 percent or steeper with a height of 16 feet or higher) would not be eligible for new construction. The new bluff definition would make many houses nonconforming to height and setback dimensions. Structures on bluffs must be set back at least 40 feet. The setback distance is unchanged from the current regulations, but it would apply to more properties, as all of the bluffs, as currently defined, exceed 25 feet high.

A natural shoreline buffer must be restored or created within 100 feet of the river to protect water quality and the riparian ecosystem.

Building, grading and fill permit applications must include an inventory of the trees, shrubs and any habitats of endangered or threatened species. The inventory must be done by a registered professional?EUR??,,????'?????<

Building-height limits along the river would rise in some places but lowered in most places. According to the St. Paul Pioneer Press, the proposed Bridges development would thus be restrained to a 60-foot limit, ?EUR??,,????'?????<