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1l. Alterations, including but not limited to building, paving, mowing, introduction of non-native vegetation, cutting, filling, dumping, yard waste disposal or fertilizer application, are prohibited within the wetland and wetland buffer strip, unless a Vegetation Management Plan or other approval is granted by the City. 111. The Applicant shall establish and maintain wetland and wetland buffer strip vegetation in accordance with the requirements found in Section 30-1853. tv. The Applicant shall maintain the required 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, may allow nature trails comprised of natural materials, to be located within the 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 buffer sttip. Vll. At the time of subdivision, the applicant shall provide an easement over the buffer strip for the purposes of identification and protection. B. Wetland Buffer Strip Setback A minimum 20 (twenty) foot setback from the wetland buffer 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 setback area. Fences may encroach into the buffer strip setback, but at no time shall they be allowed within the wetland buffer. 30-1853 Vegetation Standards A. Where acceptable natural vegetation exists in wetland and wetland buffer strip areas, the retention of such vegetation in an undisturbed state is required unless an Applicant receives approval to replace such vegetation. A wetland and/or wetland buffer strip has acceptable natural vegetation if it: 1. has a continuous, dense layer of perennial grasses that have been uncultivated or unbroken for at least 5 consecutive years, or 2. has an overstory of trees and/or shrubs with at least 80 percent canopy closure that have been uncultivated or unbroken for at least 5 consecutive years, or 3. contains a mixture of the plant communities described in (1) and (2) above that have been uncultivated or unbroken for at least 5 consecutive years. S:\Ordinances\2006 Ordinances\Wetland Buffer Ordinance.doc 3