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Appendix A —Ordinances <br />Updated Storm Water Management Plan (SWMP) <br />City of Ramsey, Minnesota <br />varianc rcqu st t r duce the minimum wetland buffer strip width requirements, shall includ , but n t b <br />limited, to thc following: <br />a. Wh th r the variance will have th effect f all wing a use that is pr hibit d in th <br />applicable z ning district. <br />b. Whether th variance will impair atabliahed pr p rty values within tho <br />neighborhood. <br />c. Whether the variance will violate the intent and purpo„e of the Comprehensive <br />Plan. <br />d. Whether the variance requested is the minimum variance necessary to accomplish <br />the intended purp s,e f the applicant. <br />Subd. 2. Alternative Standards. The City may require alternative buffer width and <br />maintenance standards, as, a c nditi n f variance appr val, bard n an anoa„m nt f th f 11 wing: <br />a. Siz f the pars, 1 <br />b. T p graphy and hydr 1 gy f th parc 1. <br />c. Existing roads and utilities,. <br />d. Percentage f the parcel impacted by w tlanda. <br />e. C nfigurati n f wetlands n the parcel. <br />f. Quality f the affected wetland(s). <br />9.26.08 Monument Required. A permanent wetland buffer monument shall be installed where <br />wetland b undaries intersect 1 t lines and where needed t accurately indicate the c nt ur f the buffer, <br />with a maximum spacing of two hundred ("00) feet of wetland buffer edge. The monument shall consist <br />f a p st and a wetland buffer strip sign. The p st shall be f a material appr ved by the Z ning <br />Administrat r with a maximum size f f ur ('1) inches by f ur ('I) inches ('I" x V). The sign shall be <br />mounted flush with the top of the post. The post shall be mounted to a height of a minimum of four ('1) feet <br />ab ve grade set at least f rty tw ('12) inches in the gr und. The b tt m f the p st must be fitted with an <br />• <br />be waived in unusual circumstances where the City determines that such signs w uld n t serve a practical <br />9.26.09 Buffer Strip Vegetation Standards. <br />Snbd. 1. Where acceptable natural v getati n exists in buffer strip areas, thc retenti n f <br />such vog tati n in an undisturbed state is, prof rr d. A buffer strip has, acceptable natural v getati n if it: <br />a. Has, a c ntinu us, dense layer f p rennial grana that have b n uncultivated r <br />unbr ken f r at 1 aat t o (10) c naocutiv years, r <br />Appendix A <br />February 20, 2015March 6, 2015 <br />Page 71 <br />