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, . <br /> wetlands and wetland buffer areas; building setbacks from buffers; and treatment of <br /> existing nonconformities. <br /> Sec. 78-1609 Removal of Lands from the Wetlands Overlay District. <br /> Subsection(a) establishes procedures for removal of wetlands from a wetland overlay <br /> district, requiring a zoning amendment and an amendment of the official City Wetland <br /> Map. Subsection (b) establishes that wetlands may only be removed according to WCA <br /> rules and if at least an equal area of wetland replacement is created to compensate for the <br /> wetland being filled, within the same subwatershed as the wetland being altered. <br /> Subsection (c) identifies additional information that may be required in support of <br /> requests for removal of wetlands from the overlay district. <br /> Sec. 78-1610 Alteration of Wetlands. <br /> Subsection(a) establishes permit requirements for alteration of land within a wetland <br /> overlay district or a wetland buffer, requiring a public hearing and neighbor notification. <br /> Subsection(b)establishes requirements to provide compensatory runoff storage capacity <br /> when wetlands are altered. <br /> Sec. 78-1611 Public Control of Wetlands. <br /> Subsection(a) establishes that the City Council may require that the owner of any <br /> property affected by this ordinance create wetland and buffer area easements or <br /> restrictive covenants to be recorded within the property's chain of title. Subsection (b) <br /> establishes conditions under which the City may record a notice of the wetland and buffer <br /> area requirements against the property. <br /> Sec. 78-1612 Wetland Buffer Markers. <br /> This section establishes requirements for the placement of permanent wetland buffer <br /> markers. <br /> Sec. 78-1613 Violations <br /> This section establishes that violation of the provisions of this Ordinance shall constitute <br /> a misdemeanor and shall be punishable as defined by law. <br /> Sec. 78-1614 Authority/Enforcement Actions <br /> This section establishes that nothing in the Ordinance shall prevent the City of Orono <br /> from taking such other lawful action as is necessary to prevent or remedy any violation, <br /> and details the procedures for enforcement of the Ordinance. <br /> SECTION 2 amends the definition of"Lot Area"in Section 78-1. <br /> SECTIONS 3-11 and 13 amend Zoning Code Sections 78-228(13), 78-253(13), 78- <br /> 303(13), 78-328(12), 78-348(13), 78-367(13), 78-394(9), 78-419(9), 78-443(9), and 78- <br /> 565(6), by revising the definition of allowable pasture acreage for the keeping of <br /> domestic animals as an allowed conditional or accessory uses within specified single <br /> family residential zoning districts as well as the RS district. <br /> Page 3 of 4 <br />