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All structures must have a minimum basement floor elevation not less than one foot above the lOO-year flood elevation. All hard-surface ninoff must be treated in accordance with the requirements of the City and the appropriate w atershed district. Treatment may include site retention, skimmers, w eirs or sedimentation ponds of appropriate scale. Structures and ponds scrv ing this purpose must be properly mamtamed and ser% iced by the property owner. Discharge into the wetlands must occur at a rate no greater than allowed by the City Engineer in accordance wi’h the City's Surface Water Management Plan and the appropriate MCWD requirements. Setbacks. All buildings (principal and accessory), must be set back at least 20 feet from the upslope edge of the w etland buffer. E.vceptions: play structures (including sport court type stnicturcs) grade-level decks, patio slabs, drixewas^ and parking lots. A setback from the buffer area is not required for overhead utility poles and lines that arc less ilion two feet in diameter, underground utility lines and disinbution equipment, light poles, traiTic signals, trafTic regulatory signs, mailboxes, entrance monuments meeting Section 78-I405(S) and other equipment that provides an essential public service A setback is not required for fences or retaining walls. However, they may not be located w iihin the buffer area unless the retaining wall is approved as part of a w ctland pcmiit application U' protect the wetland from fill. An existing structure, driveway or parking area meeting the required setback from a City-dcsignated wetland boundary or buffer area is considered a legal nonconforming development if a later wetland delineation or implementation of a wetland buffer shows that the wetland or it.s buffcT is closer than the required setback See. 78-1609 Removal of Lands from the Wctlaodi Overlay Disiricl. (a) Removal of w etlands from a w etland overlay district (i.c. by filling, etc) requires a zoning amendment and an amendment of th official City Wetland Map. The amendments must be made pursuant to the provisions of Section 78-43 of this ordinance and WCA replacement rules. These amendments must be consistent with the purpose of