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5/22/2015 Elk River, MN Code of Ordinances Sec. 30 -1852. - Performance standards. (a) Wetland bufferstrip. A minimum 25 -foot buffer strip from the delineated boundary of a wetland or ordinary highwater level of a stormwater pond is hereby established. Wetland buffer strips shall meet the following standards: No structure shall be permitted within the wetland buffer strip. ii. Alterations are prohibited within the wetland and wetland buffer strip, unless a vegetation management plan or other approval is granted by the city. iii. The applicant shall establish and maintain wetland and wetland buffer strip vegetation in accordance with the requirements found in section 30 -1853 iv. The applicant shall maintain the required wetland buffer strip monumentation at each lot line where it crosses a wetland buffer strip and at 200 -foot intervals along the edge of the wetland buffer strip. Each monument shall state "Wetland Buffer: Under the City Code, no mowing, clearing or removal of vegetation in the buffer area is allowed. Call the City of Elk River for more information." The city reserves the right to eliminate this requirement if it deems it impractical. v. The city, at its sole discretion, following the city's master park trail plan, may allow nature trails comprised of natural materials, to be located within the wetland buffer strip. vi. Leisure activities such as hiking, nature studies, canoeing, boating and horseback riding, including facilities such as nature trails and docks which allow for such activities are permitted in the wetland buffer strip. vii. Final plats for all subdivisions shall provide an easement over all wetlands and wetland buffer strips for the purposes of identification and protection. (b) Wetland buffer strip setback. A minimum 20 -foot setback from wetland buffer strips is hereby established by the city. No structure, principle or accessory, shall be located within this setback. Nature trails, at the city's approval, may be located within the wetland buffer strip setback. Fences may encroach into the wetland buffer strip setback, but at no time shall they be allowed within the wetland buffer strip. (Ord. No. 06 -07, § 2, 6 -19 -2006) about:blank 1/1