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4/6/2016 Elk River,MN Code of Ordinances <br /> Sec. 30-1852. - Performance standards. <br /> (a) Wetland buffer strip. A minimum 25-foot buffer strip from the delineated boundary of a wetland or <br /> ordinary highwater level of a stormwater pond is hereby established. Wetland buffer strips shall meet <br /> the following standards: <br /> i. No structure shall be permitted within the wetland buffer strip. <br /> ii. Alterations are prohibited within the wetland and wetland buffer strip, unless a vegetation <br /> management plan or other approval is granted by the city. <br /> iii. The applicant shall establish and maintain wetland and wetland buffer strip vegetation in <br /> accordance with the requirements found in section 30-1853. <br /> iv. The applicant shall maintain the required wetland buffer strip monumentation at each lot line <br /> where it crosses a wetland buffer strip and at 200-foot intervals along the edge of the wetland <br /> buffer strip. Each monument shall state "Wetland Buffer: Under the City Code, no mowing, <br /> clearing or removal of vegetation in the buffer area is allowed. Call the City of Elk River for more <br /> information."The city reserves the right to eliminate this requirement if it deems it impractical. <br /> v. The city, at its sole discretion,following the city's master park trail plan, may allow nature trails <br /> comprised of natural materials, to be located within the wetland buffer strip. <br /> vi. Leisure activities such as hiking, nature studies, canoeing, boating and horseback riding, including <br /> facilities such as nature trails and docks which allow for such activities are permitted in the <br /> wetland buffer strip. <br /> vii. Final plats for all subdivisions shall provide an easement over all wetlands and wetland buffer <br /> strips for the purposes of identification and protection. <br /> (b) Wetland buffer strip setback. A minimum 20-foot setback from wetland buffer strips is hereby <br /> established by the city. No structure, principle or accessory, shall be located within this setback. <br /> Nature trails, at the city's approval, may be located within the wetland buffer strip setback. <br /> Fences may encroach into the wetland buffer strip setback, but at no time shall they be allowed within <br /> the wetland buffer strip. <br /> (Ord. No. 06-07, § 2, 6-19-2006) <br /> https://www.municode.com/library/mn/elk_river/codes/code of ordinances?searchRequest=%7B%22searchText%22:%22wetland%20setback%22,%22pageNu.. 1/1 <br />