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General Provisions <br />Unless determined otherwise by the City or the Technical Evaluation Panel (TEP), a <br />property owner, applicant for building permit, or subdivider, proposing work in or around <br />wetlands, shall provide the following information: <br />1. Wetland delineation plan and written report, <br />2. Wetland impact plan, <br />3. Wetland mitigation plan, and <br />4. Any other information deemed necessary under the WCA as determined by the City <br />or TEP. <br />A determination regarding wetland impacts must be made by the City or TEP prior to <br />issuance of a building permit or review of the subdivision by the Planning Commission. Any <br />conditions required by the City or the TEP will become conditions of building permit <br />issuance or of the subdivision approval. <br />Performance Standards <br />A. Wetland Buffer Strip <br />A minimum 25 (twenty-five) foot buffer strip from the delineated boundary of a <br />wetland or ordinary highwater level of a stormwater pond is hereby established. Wetland <br />buffer strips shall meet the following standards: <br />i. No structure shall be permitted within the buffer strip. <br />ii. Alterations, including but not limited to building, paving, mowing, <br />introduction of non-native vegetation, cutting, filling, dumping, yard waste <br />disposal or fertilizer application, are prohibited within the wetland and <br />wetland buffer strip, unless a Vegetation Management Plan or other approval <br />is granted by the City. <br />iii. The Applicant shall establish and maintain wetland and wetland buffer strip <br />vegetation in accordance with the requirements found in Section <br />iv. The Applicant shall maintain the required buffer strip monumentation at <br />each Lot line where it crosses a wetland buffer strip and at 200 foot intervals <br />along the edge of the wetland buffer strip. Each monument shall state <br />"Wetland Buffer: Under the City Code, no mowing, clearing or removal of <br />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 <br />deems it impractical. <br />v. The City, at its sole discretion, may allow nature trails comprised of natural <br />materials, to be located within the buffer strip. <br />S:IPLANNING1Case Files120061OAlOA Ob-04 City of ER Wetland\Wetland Buffer Ordinance.doc 2 <br />