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� <br /> Sec. 78-1611 Public Control of Wetlands. <br /> (a) The City Council may require that the owner of any property affected by <br /> this ordinance must establish wetland and buffer area easements or restrictive covenants <br /> to be recorded within the property's chain of title. These easements or covenants must <br /> describe the boundaries of the wetland and buffer area and prohibit any building, paving, <br /> mowing (unless approved as a buffer management plan), cutting, filling, dumping, yard <br /> waste disposal or fertilizer application within the wetland and the buffer area. The owner <br /> or developer must record these easements or covenants with the final plat, with deeds <br /> from a lot division or, if no subdivision is involved, before the City issues a grading <br /> permit or building permit for an affected property. The applicant must submit evidence <br /> that the easement or covenant has been submitted to the county for recording. <br /> (b) If the City Council does not require an easement or covenant, the City may <br /> record a notice of the wetland and buffer area requirements against the property. The <br /> property owner must still comply with the requirements of this section. <br /> Sec. 78-1612 Wetland Buffer Markers. <br /> When new development or redevelopment results in multifamily residential or a <br /> business use, the developer must place markers at the upland boundary of the wetland <br /> buffer edge at least every two hundred feet, subiect to City approval. The developer <br /> must submit a location plan in hard copy format and a CAD or GIS format in Hennepin <br /> County coordinates and must use uniform markers provided by the City. The City will <br /> charge a reasonable cost for the markers and approve the location of the markers prior to <br /> installation. <br /> Sec. 78-1613 Violations <br /> Violation of the provisions of this Ordinance or failure to comply with any of its <br /> requirements (including violations of conditions and safeguards established in connection <br /> with grants of variances or conditional uses) shall constitute a misdemeanor and shall be <br /> punishable as defined by law. <br /> Sec. 78-1614 Authority/Enforcement Actions <br /> Nothing herein contained shall prevent the City of Orono from taking such other <br /> lawful action as is necessary to prevent or remedy any violation. Such actions may <br /> include but are not limited to: <br /> (1) In responding to a suspected Ordinance violation, the Planning Director <br /> and the City of Orono may utilize the full array of enforcement actions <br /> available to it including but not limited to prosecution and fines, <br /> injunctions, after-the-fact permits, and/or orders for corrective measures to <br /> the guilty party. <br /> 15 <br />