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buffer area per the chart in section 78-1-60-5(-e)—plus—the <br /> required 20 foot buffer setback. <br /> structures listed as exceptions in Section 78 1608(2)(a) <br /> boundary equivalent to the width of the buffer area per the <br /> chart in [Section] 78 1605(c). <br /> d. Buffer flexibility. Where existing Gtruotures or surfaces are located <br /> impacts on the existing use of a property. Such methods may <br /> cisterns or rain barrels, etc." <br /> SECTION 6. Orono City Code Chapter 78, Section 78-1610, is amended by deleting and <br /> adding the following language: <br /> "Sec. 78-1610.-Alteration of wetlands. <br /> (a) No alteration of land within a wetland overlay district or an existing established <br /> wetland buffer is allowed without a wetlands alteration permit, subject to <br /> recommendation by the planning commission and approval of the city council. <br /> The planning commission must hold a public hearing after notifying the property <br /> owners within 350 feet of the property on which the proposed alteration will <br /> occur. Activities that constitute an alteration regulated by this section include <br /> changes to the size, depth or contour of the wetlands or its existing established <br /> buffer, dredging, or alterations of wetlands or buffer vegetation. Alterations do <br /> not include wetland planting or the selective clearing or pruning of trees or <br /> vegetation that are dead, diseased, noxious weeds or similar hazards. A wetland <br /> alteration permit is not required when a wetland district is rezoned to another <br /> zoning classification. <br /> (b) Alteration of land within a wetland overlay district will only be allowed if water <br /> storage is provided in an amount compensatory to that removed. Unless otherwise <br /> approved by the city council, compensatory wetland area must be provided within <br /> the same subwatershed district as the wetland being altered. hi determining the <br /> appropriateness of an alteration request, the city council will consider the size of <br /> the total wetland district, the magnitude of the area proposed for alteration, the <br /> aesthetic, hydrological and ecological effect, the type and function of wetlands <br /> involved, and such other factors as may be appropriate in order to provide the <br /> maximum feasible protection to the wetlands. Application for a wetlands <br /> alteration permit must be accompanied by such information as required by the <br /> city, including: <br /> Page 11 of 13 <br />