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iviumcoae rage y ot i� <br /> Orono, fillinnesota, Code of Ordinances » Title VI - LAPlD USE » Chapter 78 -ZONING REGULATIONS <br /> » ARTICLE XI. -WETLANDS PROTECTION » DIVISION 5. -STANDARDS FOR THE WETL�AND <br /> OVERLAY DlS�RICT, BUFFER AR�aS �4ND NEIGHBORING LANDS » <br /> DIVISION 5. - STANDARDS FOR THE WETLAND OVERLAY DISTRICT, BUFFER AREAS <br /> AND NEIGHBORING LANDS <br /> Sec. 78-1608. -Standards. <br /> Sec 78-1609 -Removal of lands from the wetlands overlav district. <br /> Sec. 78-1610. -Alteration of wetlands. <br /> Sec. 78-1611.-Public control of wetiands. <br /> Sec. 78-1612. -Wetland buffer markers. <br /> Sec. 78-1613. -Violations. <br /> Sec 78-1614. -Authoritvlenforcement actions. <br /> Secs.78-1615-78-1630. -Reserved. <br /> Sec. 78-1608. - Standards. <br /> The foliowing standards apply to all land within the wetland overlay districts, wetland buffer <br /> areas, and to neighboring fands: <br /> (1) Protecfion of wetlands and wetland buffer areas. <br /> a� Except as modified or regulated by the standards of this subsection, all <br /> requirements of the underlying zoning district apply. <br /> b� No structures are allowed in the wetland overlay districts, or wetland buffer <br /> area except those allowed as of right or by conditional use permit by sections <br /> 78-1606 or 78-1607 of this article. <br /> �• Activities including, but not limited to, building (other than a boardwalk or dock), <br /> paving, mowing, vegetation removal, filling, dumping, yard waste disposal or <br /> fertilizer application are prohibited, except that certain such activities may be <br /> permitted when approved by the city as a buffer management plan. Invasive <br /> non-native vegetation, such as European buckthorn and noxious weeds, may <br /> be removed by obtaining a vegetation removal permit from the city. <br /> d• Before grading or construction near a wetland overlay district or buffer area, the <br /> owner or contractor must place erosion control fencing on the upiand side of <br /> the perimeter of the wetiand overlay district or wetland buffer area, which ever <br /> is more restrictive, or as required by the city. This fencing must remain in place <br /> until all development activities that may affect the wetland and the wetland <br /> buffer area have been finished and adequate vegetative cover has been <br /> established at which time the fencing must be removed. <br /> e• All structures must have a minimum basement floor elevation not less than one <br /> foot above the 100-year flood elevation. <br /> f• All hard-surface runoff must be treated in accordance with the requirements of <br /> the city and the appropriate watershed district. Treatment may include site <br /> retention, skimmers, weirs or sedimentation ponds of appropriate scale. <br /> Structures and ponds serving this purpose must be properly rnaintained and <br /> serviced by the property owner. <br /> 9� <br /> http://librar��.municode.com/print.asp�?h=&clientID=13094&HTMRequest=http%3a%2f/o... 3/�/201� <br />