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7.5 At. 1 <br />T�e 4 Inland Dee� Fresh Marsh: Soil covered `vith six inches to three feet or more of `vater <br />during gYowing season. Vegetation includes cattails, reeds, bulrushes, and wild rice. O�en water aYeas <br />ma�T contain �ond`veeds, naiads, coontail, `vater milfoils and other submergent ac�uatic vegetation. <br />T�pe 5 Inland O�en Fresh Water: Water is usuall`T less than 10 feet dee� and is fringed b,� <br />border of emergent vegetation. Vegetation includes �ond`veeds, naiads, coontail, �uater milfoils and <br />other submergent ac�uatic vegetation. <br />T�e 6 Shrub Swam�: Occurs along sluggish streams or on flood�lains. The soil is usuall� <br />waterlogged during the growing season and is often covered `vith as much as six inches of water. <br />Vegetation includes alder, willow, and dogwood. <br />T�pe 7 Wooded Swam�: Occurs along sluggish streams, on flood�lains, on flat �erched <br />de�ressions and in shallow lake basins. The soil is waterlogged to within a fe�v inches of its surface <br />during the growing season and is often covered `vith as much as one foot of �vater. Vegetation <br />t�ical to this wetland includes tamarack, white cedar, black s�ruce, balsam fir, red ma�le and black <br />ash. <br />T�pe 8 Bog: Occurs along sluggish streams, on flat �erched de�ressions and shallow lake basins. <br />The soil is `vaterlogged and su�ports a s�ong`T covering of mosses. Vegetation t�,�ical to this wetland <br />t�,�e includes s�hagnum moss, heath shrubs and sedges. iVlinnesota bogs contain leatherleaf, <br />Labrador tea, cranberries, and �itcher �lants. Scattered stunted black s�ruce and tamarack are also <br />common features of bogs. <br />Other: Areas that e�ibit wetland characterisrics but weYe cYeated for a�ur�ose otheY than to cYeate <br />a`vetland are exem�t from this section. This includes areas such as storm `vater �onds, road`va�T <br />ditches, oY other areas that receive artificial h,�gv. The landowner has the res�onsibili ,r to �rove <br />b,��re�onderance of the evidence that an area is exem�t under this �aragYa�h. <br />The reconstruction and maintenance of e�sting�ublic roads and associated �ublic utilities are <br />exem�t from this section 30.1850 as long as the�T com�1�T with the WCA as a�proved b,`T ci ,T staff. <br />3. Inter�retation of Wetlands Boundaries. <br />Whenever a delineated wetland boundary is dis�uted oY unceYtain, the cit�,�lanneY oY designee matir <br />convene the technical evaluation �anel according to the WCA rules. The owner must have the <br />delineated `vetland boundar�r staked in the field in order for the �anel to evaluate the area. The <br />technical evaluation �anel and cit�planner or designee ma�T rec�uire additional information to resolve <br />the dis�ute or uncertaint�r. Persons aggrieved b�r a decision of the cit�plaiiner, or designee ma� <br />appeal the decision as �rovided in section 30-1893 of this ordinance and the WCA rules as <br />applicable. <br />4. Wetland Buffer Areas. <br />�) This subsection establishes rec�uirements foY wetland buffeY aYeas around �rotected t�,�e 1-8 <br />wetlands. Buffer areas aYe necessar�r and beneficial to maintain the health of wetlands. BuffeY aYeas <br />protect the edge of wetlands from erosion while filtering sediment, chemicals and otheY nutrients <br />from runoff that d�ains into wetlands. Buffer areas can im�Yove the biological diversit�r and health of <br />a`vetland environment `vhile reducing the adverse im�acts of human activities. <br />Last LJpdated]anuar� 2023 <br />row�REo er <br />������ <br />