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T^'pe 5 Inland Open Fresh IVater: Water is usually less than 10 feet deep <br />and is fringed by a border of emergent vegetation. Vegetation includes <br />pondweeds, naiads, coontail, water milfoils and other submergent aquatic <br />vegetation. <br />Type 6 Shrub Swoinp: Occurs along sluggish streams or on floodplains. <br />The soil is usually waterlogged during the growing season, and is often <br />covered with as much as six inches of water. Vegetation includes alder, <br />willow and dogwood. <br />Type 7 Wooded Sw amp: Occurs along sluggish streams, on floodplains, on <br />flat perched depressions and in shallow lake basins. The soil is <br />waterlogged to within a few inches of its surface during the growing <br />season and is often covered with as much as one foot of water. Vegetation <br />typical to this wetland includes tamarack, white cedar, black spruce, <br />balsam fir, red maple and black ash. <br />Type 8 Bog: Occurs along sluggish streams, on flat perched depressions <br />and shallow lake basins. The soil is waterlogged and supports a spongy <br />covering of mosses. Vegetation typical to this wetland t>pe includes <br />sphagnum moss, heath shrubs and sedges. Minnesota bogs contain <br />leatherleaf, Labrador tea, cranberries and pitcher plants. Scattered stunted <br />black spruce and tamarack also are common features of bogs. <br />See. 78-1603 Boundaries of the Wetland Overlay Districts and Designation of <br />Official City Wetland Map. <br />This Section establishes wetland overlay districts. These districts are subject to <br />additional requirements beyond those required by the WCA. The boundaries of the <br />wetland overlay districts are identified graphically on the official City Wetland Map <br />(CWM) which is hereby adopted by reference, a copy of which shall be kept on file in the <br />office of the City Clerk and shall be available for public review during all normal office <br />hours. Wetlands in addition to those shown on the City Wetland Map may exist, and may <br />be identified by wetland delineations under WCA rules. If a specific wetland delineation <br />has been done under WCA rules, then the boundaries of the wetland overlay district for <br />that location will be as shown in the delineation. The City may require wetland <br />delineations to determine compliance with WCA rules and to dctenninc administrative <br />wetland boundaries; however, property owners may have wetland delineations done for <br />their properties on their own initiative. The delineation must be done by a qualified <br />professional according to WCA rules and be acceptable to the Planning <br />Director. Approved WCA wetland delineations must be provided to the city in a hard <br />copy fonnat and a CAD or GIS format in Hennepin County coordinates. The Platuiing <br />Director w ill have the approved WCA wetland delineations shown on the official City <br />Wetland Map. T>pe 1 wetlands are not included in the overlay district, but are regulated <br />by WCA rules. Public waters are not included in the overlay district, unless a Type 2 - 8 <br />wetland is part of a public water.