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<br />ORDINANCE 06 - <br />CITY OF ELK RIVER <br /> <br />AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF ELK RIVER AMENDING <br />SECTION 30-1 - DEFINITIONS OF THE CITY CODE OF ORDINANCES, <br />AND INSERTING SECTION 30-1850 PERTAINING TO WETLAND <br />BUFFERING REQUIREMENTS <br /> <br />Case No. OA 06-04 <br /> <br />The City Council of the City of Elk River does hereby ordain as follows: <br /> <br />Section 1. Section 30-1 titled, Definitions, of the City of Elk River Code of <br />Ordinances shall be amended read as follows: <br /> <br />Definitions (amendment to Chapter 30, Section 30-1) <br /> <br />The following words, terms and phrases shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this <br />section, except where the context clearly indicates a different meaning: <br /> <br />Weeds are (i) noxious weeds as defmed and designated pursuant to the "Minnesota noxious <br />weed law", Minnesota Statutes, Section 18.76-18.88, as amended from time to time, or (ii) <br />any volunteer plants. For the purposes of this definition, weeds do not include dandelions <br />or clover. <br /> <br />Wetland Alteration is a change to the wetland or wetland buffer strip in regards to size, depth <br />or contour; dredging; tilling; ditching; or changes in vegetation. Alterations would not <br />include wetland plantings or selective clearing or pruning of prohibited or restricted noxious <br />weeds as defined in Minnesota Rules 1050.0730 to 1050.0750. <br /> <br />Wetland Btiffer Strip is an area of vegetated ground cover around the perimeter of a wetland <br />that, either in its natural condition or through intervention, has the characteristics of a Buffer <br />as previously defined. <br /> <br />Section 1. The following text shall be inserted into Section 30-1850 of the City <br />of Elk River Code of Ordinances to read as follows: <br /> <br />30-1850 Purpose <br /> <br />The City shall promote the general health, safety, and welfare of its residents by conserving <br />and protecting wetlands, avoiding the alteration or destruction of wetlands, and requiring <br />sound management practices as provided for in the Wetland Conservation Act (WCA) when <br />development occurs in the vicinity of wetlands. The City seeks to accomplish the following <br />purposes: <br /> <br />S:\Ordinances\2006 Ordinances\Wetland Buffer Ordinance.doc <br /> <br />1 <br />