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EGty1� ,.,�� Request for Action River To Item Number Mayor and City Council 7.11 Agenda Section Meeting Date Prepared by Public Hearin s Aril 17, 2017 Zack Carlton,Planning Manager Item Description Reviewed by Ordinance Amendment: Wetland Setback Chris Leeseberg, Senior Planner Regulations Reviewed by Cal Portner, City Administrator Action Requested Adopt,by motion, an ordinance amending the city's zoning code to eliminate the wetland setback requirements for fencing and maintained vegetation on parcels platted prior to June 19, 2006. Background/Discussion On June 19, 2006, the city adopted an ordinance establishing buffering and setback requirements from delineated wetlands and the ordinary high water level of stormwater ponds. As development has increased we have seen a number of variances to these requirements. Additionally, we recently updated this section to exempt decks from the structure setback on properties platted prior to adoption of the ordinance, as described in subsection (b). The current ordinance is shown below: Sec. 30-1852. - Performance standards. (a) Vetland huder"11-i . A minimum 25-foot buffer strip from the delineated boundary, of a wetland or ordinary highwater level of a stormwater pond is hereby established. Wetland buffer strips shall meet the following standards: i. No structure shall be permitted within the wetland buffer strip. ii. Alterations are prohibited within the wetland and wetland buffer strip, unless a vegetation management plan or other approval is granted by the city. ill. The applicant shall establish and maintain wetland and wetland buffer strip vegetation in accordance with the requirements found in section 30-1853. iv. The applicant shall maintain the required wetland 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, following the city's master park trail plan, may, allow nature trails comprised of natural materials, to be located within the wetland 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 wetland buffer strip. POWERED 6T Template Updoted 4/14 INAWRE1