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Wetland Buffer Widths Average Buffer Width 25 feet Minimum Buffer Width 12.5 feet (2) New and existing ponds constructed for water quantity and quality adjacent to new development shall maintain a 10-foot vegetative buffer from the normal water level. (3) Stonnwater management BMPs shall not be allowed to be constructed in the buffer area, unless approved by the City Engineer. (4)Apermanent wetland buffer monument shall be installed at each lot line where it crosses a wetland buffer, and where needed to indicate the contour of the buffer, with a maximum spacing of two hundred (200) feet of wetland edge. (5) Where acceptable vegetation exists in buffer areas, the retention of such vegetation in an undisturbed state is required unless an applicant receives approval by the City District to replace such vegetation. A buffer strip has acceptable vegetation if it: a. Has a continuous, dense layer of vegetation or overstory of trees and/or shrubs that have been uncultivated or unbroken for at least five consecutive years, or b. Is not composed of undesirable plant species (including, but not limited to: reed canary grass, common buckthorn, purple loosestrife, leafy spurge, and noxious weeds), or c. Does not have topography that tends to channelize the flow of surface runoff. (6) If the City determines the existing buffer to be unacceptable, the applicant shall maintain the minimum buffer in its undisturbed state but may disturb the remainder of the buffer area as long as the buffer area is re -planted with native species and maintained as a native habitat. The buffer planting must be identified on the permit application and the buffer landscaping shall comply with the following standards: a. Buffer areas shall be planted with a native seed mix, native plants. shrubs. trees or other vegetation approved by the City., with, the ^ eptio o�e time plantinj4 with ., anpmal ntffse or- eaver- efop smueh a o,tom b. The reve etaproject shall be performed by a qualified contractor. All methods shall be approved by the City prior to planting or seeding. e. The seed mix sha4l be broadcast aeeor-dine to the si3eeifications of the seL-eted Of gj,r,l;...,tiE) The apnual nwse or-ooyerorOp sh•,lcc ry cu at a minimum rat3n �^ 1 Tb .1 1 te,l �6 �v pvuims-pc�acr�.zsc�cccczirin�criccccrrvi=-petlircinent cover shall be ., .,te for- soil site conditions .,,-..1 yellow t., eet4ificEl free of d. Native shiubs may be allowed to be substimed for- native fi3r-bs. All substiVations shall beappr-oN,ed by the GiVy. Sueh shrubs may be bare r of see,llif „,1 mob, ,ll ric[�rrc[rx be planted q4 eieht ,t spaeine. Sh b s sh 11 be distributed s s to pr-ovide -a natural appeafg-nee and shall not btpjqq!g4:jn rows. e. A" groundcover or shrub plantings installed within the buffer area are independent of any landscaping requirements required elsewhere by the City_ fl. Compacted soils in the btiffer area shaP be loosened to a depth of at 1 to -seed-* .