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(b) Alteration of land within a wetland overlay district will only be allowed if water storage is provided in an amount compensatory to that removed. Unless otherwise approved by the City Council, compensatory wetland area must be provided within the same subwatershed district as the wetland being altered. In determining the appropriateness of an alteration request, the City Council will consider the size of the total wetland district, the magnitude of the area proposed for alteration, the aesthetic, hydrological and ecological effect, the type and funetion of wetlands involved, and such other factors as may be appropriate in order to provide the maximum feasible protection to the wetlands. Application for a wetlands alteration permit must be accompanied by such information as required by the City, including: (1) An approved wetland replacement plan application from the MCWD; (2) A concept plan showing the ultimate use of the property; A grading plan, in hard copy fomiat and a CAD or GIS fomiat in Hennepin County coordinates, with appropriate drainage calculations and erosion controls prepared by a registered engineer; (4) A landscaping or revegetation plan; (5) Such other information as may be nccessarj' or convenient to evaluate the proposed pennit; and A MnRA.M assessment completed by the MCWD. Sec. 78*161 1 Public Control of Wetlands. (a) The City Council may require that the owner of any property affected by this ordinance must establish wetland and buffer area easements or restrictive covenants to be recorded within the property's chain of title. These easements or covenants must describe the boundaries of the wetland and buffer area and prohibit any building, paving, mowing (unless approved as a buffer management plan), cutting, filling, dumping, yard waste disposal or fertilizer application within the wetland and the buffer area. The owner or developer must record these easements or covenants with the final plat, with deeds from a lot division or, if no subdivision is involved, before the City issues a grading pennit or building pennit for an affected property. The applicant must submit evidence that the casement or covenant has been submitted to the county for recording. (b) If the City Council does not require an easement or covenant, the City may record a notice of the wetland and buffer area requirements against the property. The property owner must still comply with the requirements of this section. Sec. 78-1612 Welland Buffer Markers. When new development or redev elopment results in multifamily residential or a business use, the developer must place markers at the upland boundary of the wetland 12