DNR's Gozdzialski: Apply water quality standards uniformly

From Lakeland Times

...The shoreland rule establishes such regulations as the 75-foot setback from the ordinary high water mark of navigable waters, and a newly revised version will impose caps on the amount of impervious surfaces allowed on properties within 300 feet of a navigable water body.

..."Municipalities, villages and cities don't fall under NR115," Blake said. "There are lots and lots of impervious surfaces in incorporated areas (the revised NR115 places limits on impervious surfaces in unincorporated areas).

..."My understanding is, when the Legislature enacted shoreland zoning in the sixties, there were numerous groups involved," he said. "There wasn't much zoning in the state then. Municipalities made the argument that 'we don't need this (shoreland management) because we have zoning,' and the Legislature bought it."