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e.All structures must have a minimum basement floor elevation not <br />less than one foot above the 100-year flood elevation. <br />f.All hard-surface runoff must be treated in accordance with the <br />requirements of the City and the appropriate watershed <br />district. Treatment may include site retention, skimmers, weirs or <br />sedimentation ponds of appropriate scale. Structures and ponds <br />serving this purpose must be properly maintained and serviced by <br />the property owner. <br />g-Discharge into the wetlands must occur at a rate no greater than <br />allowed by the City Engineer in accordance with the City's Surface <br />Water Management Plan and the appropriate MCWD requirements. <br />Setbacks. <br />a.All buildings (principal and accessory), must be set back at least 20 <br />feet from the upslope edge of the wetland buffer. Exceptions: play <br />structures (including sport court type structures) grade-level decks, <br />patio slabs, driveways and parking lots. <br />b.A setback from the buffer area is not required for overhead utility <br />poles and lines that are less than two feet in diameter, underground <br />utility lines and distribution equipment, light poles, trafllc signals, <br />tratfic regulatory signs, mailboxes, entrance monuments meeting <br />Section 78-1405(8) and other equipment that provides an essential <br />public service. <br />c.A setback is not required for fences or retaining walls. However, <br />they may not be located within the buffer area unless the retaining <br />wall is approved as part of a wetland permit application to protect <br />the wetland from fill. <br />d.An existing structure, driveway or parking area meeting the <br />required setback from a City-designated wetland boundary or <br />buffer area is considered a legal nonconforming development if a <br />later wetland delineation or implementation of a wetland buffer <br />shows that the wetland or its buffer is closer than the required <br />setback. <br />Sec. 78-1609 Removal of Lands from the \^’etlands Overlay Districi. <br />(a) Removal of wetlands from a wetland overlay district (i.c. by filling, etc) <br />requires a zoning amendment and an amendment of the official City Wetland Map. The <br />antendments must be made pursuant to the provisions of Section 78-43 of this ordinance <br />and WCA replacement rules. These amendments must be consistent with the purpose of