2007-1News-4

Text Box: New ordinances aim to preserve Dunes City’s unique environment

Text Box: attempts to limit the unnecessary inputs of phosphorous from fertilizers and cleaning agents into our lakes, streams and groundwater. The ordinance states that residents may not apply any type of fertilizer to property within 50 feet of the shore land. Fertilizers for lawns or gardens outside the shore land may not contain

Text Box: Dunes City’s new ordinance is designed to remove as much phosphorous as possible from our everyday life. Specifically, ordinance 190 does two things: It adds a Water Quality Protection section to the code; and It adds phosphorous reduction to that new code section. Basically, the new code

Text Box: phosphorous unless the fertilizer is being used for new lawn during the first growing season. Residents may also use phosphorous-containing fertilizers if tests results show the level of available phosphorous in their soil is insufficient to support healthy plant growth. No cleaning agent used by Dunes City residents may contain more than

Page 4

Dunes City Newsletter July 2007

“Just as it takes a whole village to raise a child, it takes a whole community working together to preserve our lakes.”

— David Bellemore

DC Councilor

Swimming is just one of the many joys of living near the lakes in Dunes City.

Woahink Lake...ah!

Over the last several months, the Dunes City Council, with input and support from city committees and individual citizens, have worked diligently to develop a set of ordinances designed to preserve and protect the water quality of all

three lakes that fall within Dunes City. The city recently adopted a septic maintenance ordinance. A phosphorous ordinance is now part of city code. Drafts of erosion control and stormwater ordinances are done and await citizen review. and input.