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w <br /> 1996 Final Regional Policy Plan <br /> J. Where feasible, towns should require the placement ofneer utility limes underground and <br /> actively encourage the and ergrounding of eisting limes and structures in locations where they <br /> detract from historic and cultural features, com gunity character and scenic views. <br /> .Resources of Regional Importance <br /> Background <br /> Section 7(b)[1) of the Cape Cod Commission Act requires that the Regional Policy Plan identity <br /> Barnstable County's critical resources and management needs including its "natural, <br /> scientific, coastal, historical, recreational, cultural, architectural, aesthetic, and economic <br /> resources, ground water and surface water supplies, available open space, and available regions <br /> for agricultural, a. uacultura and development activity." Regional resources for the purpose of <br /> the Plan are considered to be diose resources which are siccant to more than one town or <br /> cross jurisdictional boundaries. They include both natural and manmade resources; they are <br /> areas Haat have public value and that may be vulnerable to damage from uncontrolled or <br /> inappropriate development. <br /> Key regional resources on Cape Cod include bunt are not limned to those listed below. Most of <br /> these areas have been napped by the Commission on its computerized geographic information <br /> system. <br /> Natural Resources <br /> Recharge meas to a dsting and future public water supply wells <br /> Recharge areas to coastal embayments <br /> Inland and coastal wetlands and their recharge areas . <br /> Inland and coastal ponds •ti <br /> 'loodplains, beaches, banks and dunes <br /> r <br /> x <br /> Shellfish and fnifish habitat areas <br /> .are plant and animal habitat and unusual biological habitats (e.g. sand plain <br /> grasslands, cedar swamps, etc.) <br /> Designated Areas of Critical Environmental Concern <br /> Federal, state and regional parks and nature reserves (e.g. Cape Cod <br /> National Seashore, Dickerson State Park, Audubon Sanctuaries) <br /> Tov n conservation lands <br /> Private.open space <br /> Economic, Historic, and Cultural Resources <br /> Historic village centers <br /> 102 <br /> •� 1r�; �L1Y i,��".iR�'i ��Yw� . Y ., a- - -. ..... �+-�_ -. i�Ya.R -�L/�il� .� 1�_+— u- T <br />