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§78-1602 ORONO CITY CODE depressions and in overflow bottom lands season and is often covered with as much along water courses. Vegetation varies as one foot of water.Vegetation typical to greatly according to the season and dura- this wetland includes tamarack, white tion of the flooding, and includes bottom cedar,black spruce,balsam fir,red maple land hardwoods, as well as herbaceous and black ash. plants. (8) Type 8—Bog: Occurs along sluggish (2) Type 2-Inland fresh meadow:Occurs along streams, on flat perched depressions and the shallow edges of lakes, marshes and shallow lake basins. The soil is water- floodplain,or in perched depressions.The logged and supports a spongy covering of soil is usually without standing water mosses.Vegetation typical to this wetland during much of the growing season,but is type includes sphagnum moss, heath waterlogged within at least a few inches shrubs and sedges. Minnesota bogs con- of the surface.Vegetation includes grasses, tarn leatherleaf, Labrador tea, cranber- sedges, rushes and various herbaceous ries and pitcher plants.Scattered stunted plants. black spruce and tamarack also are com- mon features of bogs. (3) Type 3-Inland shallow fresh marsh: Soil (Ord. No. 28 3rd series, § 1, 8-22-2005) is usually water logged during the grow- ing season,often covered with as much as six inches or more of water. Vegetation Sec. 78-1603. Boundaries of the wetland includes grasses, bulrushes, cattails, ar- overlay districts and designa- rowheads, smartweeds and other emer- tion of official city wetland gent aquatic vegetation. map. (4) Type 4-Inland deep fresh marsh: Soil This section establishes wetland overlay dis- covered with six inches to three feet or tricts. These districts are subject to additional more of water during growing season. requirements beyond those required by the WCA. Vegetation includes cattails, reeds, bul- The boundaries of the wetland overlay districts rushes and wild rice. Open water areas are identified graphically on the official city wetland may contain pondweeds,naiads, coontail, map (CWM) which is hereby adopted by refer- water milfoils and other submergent ence, a copy of which shall be kept on file in the aquatic vegetation. office of the city clerk and shall be available for public review during all normal office hours. (5) Type 5—Inland open fresh water:Water is Wetlands in addition to those shown on the city usually less than ten feet deep and is wetland map may exist, and may be identified by fringed by a border of emergent vegeta- wetland delineations under WCA rules. If a spe- tion. Vegetation includes pondweeds, na- cific wetland delineation has been done under fads, coontail, water milfoils and other WCA rules, then the boundaries of the wetland submergent aquatic vegetation. overlay district for that location will be as shown (6) Type 6—Shrub swamp:Occurs along slug- the delineation. The city may require wetland gish streams or on floodplain. The soil is delineations to determine compliance with WCA usually waterlogged during the growing rules and to determine administrative wetland season, and is often covered with as much boundaries; however, property owners may have as six inches of water.Vegetation includes wetland delineations done for their properties on alder, willow and dogwood. their own initiative.The delineation must be done by a qualified professional according to WCA (7) Type 7—Wooded swamp:Occurs along slug- rules and be acceptable to the planning director, gish streams,on floodplain,on flat perched who may require review by city consultants or a depressions and in shallow lake basins. technical evaluation panel if necessary.Approved The soil is waterlogged to within a few WCA wetland delineations must be provided to inches of its surface during the growing the city in a hard copy format and a CAD or GIS Supp.No.3 CD78:234