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. . . A minimum 25 (twenty-five) foot buffer strip from the delineated boundary of a Wedand or ordinary highwater level of a stormwater pond is hereby established. Wedand Buffer Strips shall meet the following standards: 1. 11. No structure shall be permitted within the Wedand Buffer Strip. Alterations are prohibited within the Wedand and Wedand Buffer Strip, unless a Vegetation Management Plan or other approval is granted by the City. The Applicant shall establish and maintain Wedand and Wedand Buffer Strip vegetation in accordance with the requirements found in Section 30-1853. The Applicant shall maintain the required Wedand Buffer Strip monumentation at each Lot line where it crosses a Wedand Buffer Strip and at 200 foot intervals along the edge of the Wedand Buffer Strip. Each monument shall state "Wedand 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. 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 Wedand Buffer Strip. 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 Wedand Buffer Strip. Final Plats for all subdivisions shall provide an easement over all Wedands and Wedand Buffer Strips for the purposes of identification and protection. 111. lV. v. Vl. Vll. B. Wedand Buffer Strip Setback A minimum 20 (twenty) foot setback from Wedand 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 Wedand Buffer Strip setback. Fences may encroach into the Wedand Buffer Strip Setback, but at no time shall they be allowed within the Wedand Buffer Strip. 30-1853 Vegetation Standards A. Where acceptable natural vegetation exists in Wedand and Wedand Buffer Strip areas, the retention of such vegetation in an undisturbed state is required unless an Applicant receives approval to replace such vegetation. A Wedand or Wedand 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 overs tory 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 2006-07 3