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170.01120 170.0112D Structure. Anything manufactured, constructed, or erected which is normally attached to or positioned on land, including portable structures. Tree. Any woody plant that has at least one trunk whose diameter 4 feet above the ground is 4" or greater. Wetland. Any low area permanently or seasonally covered with shallow water including marsh, swamp, bog, wet meadoN, slough or intermittent lake or floodway except any area which is one acre or smaller in size. Woodland. A group of trees at least one-half acre in area and with a crown cover of 50% or greater. Environmental Permit To insure that policies in this section are properly implemen- ted, any person undertaking development to or on any land within the overlay district shall, prior to commencing the work, obtain an environmental permit from the City of Ramsey. Except as here- inafter provided in this section, no person shall perform any de- velopment in the overlay district without first having obtained an environmental permit (hereinafter called permit) from the City. Exempted from this Environmental Permit requirement shall be all lots within a plat of record in the Anoka County Recorder's Office. Outlots contained within a plat shall not be exempted from this permit requirement. Notwithstanding this permit exemption, development occurring on any lot, whether in a plat or not, must comply with and con- form to the "Permit Standards" as outlined in the following section 170.Oll2D.. Permit Standards The following standards shall be met when any development is undertaken Within the overlay district. a) No filling, grading, dredging, excavation, or construction shall be allowed within any wetlands area; nor on lands abutting adjoining or affecting said areas if such activity upon those adja- cent areas is incompatible with City policies expressed here in other documents and in the relevant storm water drainage study. Development is improper and therefore prohibited which may result in loss and damage to public and private improvements through in- undation by flood waters and subsequent expensive construction of storm sewers and other public projects, in the permanent destruc- tion of natural resources, loss of water retention facilities, open space and wild life habitats and impairment of public and private water supplies. Minimum area requSrements for building sites shall be determined in accordance with the City's Soils Ordinance Chapter 170.0~.