The purposes of this chapter shall be to:
(1) provide clear and adaptable standards for the creation of impervious surface or cleared area in lands adjacent to lakes;(2) prevent degradation of water quality in lakes and preserve natural stability of shoreline;(3) protect aquatic biota and protect habitat for wildlife and aquatic life;(4) mitigate, minimize, and manage any impact of new impervious surface and new cleared area on the lakes of the State;(5) mitigate the damage that floods and erosion cause to development, structures, and other resources in the lands adjacent to lakes;(6) accommodate creation of cleared areas and impervious surfaces in protected shoreland areas in a manner that allows for reasonable development of existing parcels;(7) protect shoreland owners' access to, views of, and use of the State's lakes; and(8) preserve and further the economic benefits and values of lakes and their adjacent shorelands.Added 2013, No. 172 (Adj. Sess.) , § 2.