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Sec 117.384-410 <br />Revised June 5, 2014 to include 2013 Construction Stormwater Permit, 2013 MS4 Permit <br />requirements and 2012 LRRWMO Third Generation Plan [deletion;,, additions] <br />the rules adopted by the board of water and soil resources to implement the Wetland <br />Conservation Act of 1991 including any and all amendments to it. <br />(c) Work in and around wetlands must be guided by the following principles in <br />descending order of priority: <br />(1) Avoid both the direct and indirect impact of the activity that may destroy or diminish <br />the wetland. <br />(2) Minimize the impact by limiting the degree or magnitude of the wetland related activity <br />and its implementation. <br />Rectify the impact by repairing, rehabilitating, or restoring the affected wetland <br />environment with one of at least equal public value. <br />(4) Reduce or eliminate the adverse impact over time by preservation and maintenance <br />operations during the life of the activity. <br />(Code 1978, § 9.27.13; Ora. No. 06-32, § 1, 11-28-2006) <br />(3) <br />Sec. 117 3 . Vegetated buffer protection for rivers, streams and wetlands. <br />{a) The city has established wetland buffer regulations (see subdivision VI of division /I of <br />this article) specifying minimum cotbackc from wetlands in the city. Setbacks are also <br />o tablished for the rivers that border the city and the lakes internal to the city. <br />{1) Detailed buffer design is ucunlly site specific. Therefore the city engineer can require <br />a larger buffo than th-e minimum. <br />{2) For newly constructed buffer sites the design criteria should follow common principles <br />and the example of nearby nat;aI areas. The site should be examined for existing <br />hones and mimic the slope structure and vegetative cc much as possible. <br />(2) Quffor dosign and protection during construction should slow water runoff, trap <br />sediment, enhance watt' infiItrQtic\n, trap fo ups, posticidos, pathogens, heavy <br />meta! q trip `1 . <br />(1) During construction temporary sedimentation basins are required for disturbed areas <br />over one acre. <br />(i) Qufft\ rinnt colectivn 0h01 give preference to native pk nc with deep root systems <br />over cultivated species with shallow root systems. <br />{6) The buffer witlhc cthnll conform to subdivision VI of division /I cif this crtiG149, <br />{7) The state department cf ncturnl rocourcec roquiros pormits when vegetation is <br />introduced downgrade of a water's "ordinary high watt\ mark." The state department <br />0 ncturnl resources' area hydrologist defines the ordinary high water mark. Plnntin . <br />permits are obtained from the state department of nn+urnl resources rogional fisheries <br />office. <br />{8) The applicant and/or dovoloper chill mnintnin tho buffs\ strip for the first two years. <br />The buff Brix mut be marked as requirod in subdivision VI of division /I of this <br />article. Aftor that tho city, t\ n Nrty designated by the city, «hill mcindin the buffer <br />strip. <br />{9) Buff c\trirx mny be made into perpetual conservation easements tv Owl] be - <br />protected with drainage and utility easements. <br />{10) Buff drips chill bs markod cc such with permanent signs. Watercourses used <br />solely for drainage, such as road side ditches, are exempt from this provision. <br />Ramsey, Minnesota, Code of Ordinances Page 11 <br />