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I 150 percent of the cost to re-establish the buffer to its ori�inal condition. (� The city may require buffer area planting and maintenance when the city determines that there is inadequate vegetation in the buffer area to meet the intent of this section. The city may require a cash escrow or letter of credit equal to 150 percent of the estimated cost of the ve�etation and installation. The escrow or letter of credit must be va(id for up to two years and may be used by the city to replace any ve�etation that dies. (�) The affected property owner or homeownec association that is responsible for the maintenance must: (1) Maintain and repair damage to buffer a►•eas fi•om such activities as mowing, cuttin�, gi•ading or other prohibited activities, unless mowin� is approved by the city as a buffer management plan. Permission must be obtained from the city before implementing buffer management plans, which may inc(ude mowing, burning, and the use of herbicides. (2) Maintain only the permitted vegetation in the buffer area and must remove all noxious �veeds and invasive, non-native species such as European buckthorn, upon obtaining a ve�etation removal permit fcom the city in conjunction with an approved buffer mana�ement plan. (3) Ensure that al( soil surfaces in the buffer area are planted with the permitted vegetation and that there is no open soil surface that may result in erosion. (4) Ensure that livestock or other domesticated animals which have the potential to permanently disturb the buffer area by compaction or vegetation removal be kept from entering the buifer area and wetland by a fence or other suitable means. (h) The final upslope edge of the buffer shall be provided to the city in a hard copy and in a CAD or GIS format in Hennepin County cooc•dinates. (i) Golf course partial exemption. Public and private �olf courses existin�and in operation on the date of adoption of this article shall be allowed a partial eYemption fi•om buffer creation and maintenance requirements with regards to mowin� or cuttin� buffer vegetation in aeeas subject to golf play, subject to the followina: (1) At such time that this article requires establishment of a buffer, applicant shall submit a certificate of survey identifyin�the location, size and type of the wetland for which buffer exemption is requested. (2) Applicant shall submit a buffer mana�ement p(an for city council approval, identifyin�those areas where exemption is requested and providing for alternative metlzods of wetland protection equivalent to an unmowed buffer. (Ord. No. 28 3rd series, S 1, 8-22-200�) DIVISION 4. IJSES