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Updated June 2025 – Gem Lake Consolidated Land Use Ordinance No. 131 5 <br /> <br />11. Landscaping Plans ................................................................................................................................................................... 143 <br />12. Performance Surety for Landscaping in Non-Residential Districts ......................................................................................... 143 <br />13. Maintenance of Landscaping in All Districts ........................................................................................................................... 143 <br />SECTION 27. TREE PRESERVATION ............................................................................................................................................... 145 <br />1. Purpose ................................................................................................................................................................................... 145 <br />2. Severability ............................................................................................................................................................................. 145 <br />3. Interaction between This Section and Other Sections ........................................................................................................... 145 <br />4. Wording of This Section .......................................................................................................................................................... 145 <br />5. Definitions ............................................................................................................................................................................... 145 <br />6. Protection Standards .............................................................................................................................................................. 145 <br />7. Data Submission ..................................................................................................................................................................... 145 <br />8. Removal Thresholds ................................................................................................................................................................ 146 <br />9. Reforestation .......................................................................................................................................................................... 147 <br />10. Construction Damage to Significant Trees in or Near the Preservation Area......................................................................... 148 <br />11. Agreement to Replace Trees .................................................................................................................................................. 148 <br />12. Collector and Arterial Roads and Trunk and Lateral Utility Construction ............................................................................... 148 <br />13. Exceptions to This Ordinance ................................................................................................................................................. 148 <br />14. Tree Replacement ................................................................................................................................................................... 148 <br />15. Release and Retention of Performance Security .................................................................................................................... 149 <br />16. Penalty .................................................................................................................................................................................... 149 <br />SECTION 28. ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW ...................................................................................................................................... 150 <br />1. State Law Adopted .................................................................................................................................................................. 150 <br />2. Applications ............................................................................................................................................................................ 150 <br />3. Determination of Need for Environmental Review ................................................................................................................ 150 <br />4. Procedures on Determination that EAW is Required ............................................................................................................. 150 <br />5. Procedures when an EIS is Required ....................................................................................................................................... 151 <br />6. Prohibition on Approvals During Environmental Review ....................................................................................................... 151 <br />7. Severability ............................................................................................................................................................................. 151 <br />SECTION 29. STORM SEWER USE ................................................................................................................................................. 152 <br />1. Purpose and Intent ................................................................................................................................................................. 152 <br />2. Applicability ............................................................................................................................................................................ 152 <br />3. Responsibility for Administration ........................................................................................................................................... 152 <br />4. Compatibility with Other Regulations .................................................................................................................................... 152 <br />5. Severability ............................................................................................................................................................................. 152 <br />6. Ultimate Responsibility ........................................................................................................................................................... 152 <br />7. Discharge Prohibitions ............................................................................................................................................................ 152 <br />8. Watercourse Protection ......................................................................................................................................................... 153 <br />9. Industrial or Construction Activity Discharge ......................................................................................................................... 153 <br />10. Compliance Monitoring .......................................................................................................................................................... 154 <br />11. Requirement to Prevent, Control, and Reduce Storm Water Pollutants by the Use of Best Management Practices ............ 154 <br />12. Notification of Spills ................................................................................................................................................................ 154 <br />13. Salt and Deicer Storage Requirements ................................................................................................................................... 155 <br />14. Violations, Enforcement, and Penalties .................................................................................................................................. 155 <br />15. Costs........................................................................................................................................................................................ 155 <br />16. Suspension of MS4 Access ...................................................................................................................................................... 156 <br />17. Civil Penalties .......................................................................................................................................................................... 156 <br />18. Criminal Penalties ................................................................................................................................................................... 156 <br />19. Appeal of Notice of Violation .................................................................................................................................................. 156 <br />20. Enforcement Measures after Appeal ...................................................................................................................................... 157 <br />21. Cost of Abatement of the Violation ........................................................................................................................................ 157 <br />22. Violations Deemed a Public Nuisance..................................................................................................................................... 157