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Chapter 16 - Shoreland Ordinance Draft No. 7 - City Council 2nd Reading - April 4, 2005 Page 24 of 38 (b) storage of surface runoff to prevent or reduce fldod damage; (c) fish and wildlife habitat; (d) recreational use; (e) shoreline or bank stabilization; and (f) noteworthiness, including special qualities such as historic significance, critical habitat for endangered plants and animals, or others. *This evaluation must also include a determination of whether the wetland alteration being proposed requires permits, reviews, or approvals by other local, state, or federal agencies such as 3 w3tershod diGtrict The Vermillion River Watershed ManaQement OrQanization, the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, or the United States Army Corps of Engineers. The applicant shall submit any necessary applications as required by other agencies. (2) Alterations must be designed and conducted in a manner that ensures only the smallest amount of bare ground is exposed for the shortest time possible; (3) Mulches or similar materials must be used, where necessary, for temporary bare soil coverage, and a permanent vegetation cover must be established as soon as possible; (4) Methods to minimize soil erosion and to trap sediments before they reach any surface water feature must be used; (5) Altered areas must be stabilized to acceptable erosion control standards consistent with the field office technical guides of the local soil and water conservation districts and the United States Soil Conservation Service; (6) Fill or excavated material must not be placed in a manner that creates an unstable slope; (7) Plans to place fill or excavated material on steep slopes must be reviewed by qualified professionals for continued slope stability and must not create finished slopes of 30 percent or greater; (8) Fill or excavated material must not be placed in bluff impact zones; (9) Any alterations below the ordinary high water level of public waters must