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27 <br />may be met through a combination of rate control practices on a regional or <br />development-by-development basis. <br />(10) Drainage and utility easements. <br />(a) If a stormwater management plan involves direction of some or all runoff off of <br />the site, it shall be the responsibility of the applicant to obtain from adjacent property <br />owners any necessary easements or other property interests concerning flowage of <br />water. <br />(b) Easements are required for all stormwater management facilities, stormwater <br />conveyances and on-site floodplain and shall extend a minimum of ten feet beyond the <br />basin's normal water level or the 100-year storm high water level elevation, whichever <br />is greater. <br />(c) Easements are required for all outlet swales and ditches, and for overland <br />overflow routes located downstream of basins located on site. <br />(d) If the storm sewer is to be installed less than ten feet deep within private <br />property, the easement shall be a minimum of 20 feet wide. If the storm sewer is ten <br />feet or greater, the easement shall be twice as wide as the depth. <br />(e) Easements necessary for maintenance vehicle access are required for all of <br />the above where not directly available on a public road. <br />(11) Wetlands. Runoff shall not be routed directly to wetlands without first passing <br />through an appropriate settling or approved pre-treatment basin. Said basins must <br />meet standards for volume and flow directed to the basin. <br />(a) A protective buffer strip of natural vegetation shall surround all wetlands as <br />follows: <br />1. Where RCWD is the Local Government Unit (LGU) for administration of <br />the Minnesota Wetland Conservation Act (WCA) the City adopts RCWD Rule F.6.(e), as <br />amended. Wetlands not subject to RCWD Rule F.6. (e) shall have a minimum buffer <br />width of 10’. <br />2. Where Vadnais Lakes Area Water Management Organization (VLAWMO) <br />is the LGU for administration of WCA, the City adopts VLAWMO Water Quality <br />Standards Section 11, as amended. <br />(b) Wetlands must not be drained, filled, or altered, wholly or partially, unless in <br />compliance with and permitted under the most current rules adopted by the Minnesota <br />Board of Water and Soil Resources in the Wetland Conservation Act (WCA). Wetland <br />replacement must be guided by the following principles in descending order: <br />1. Avoidance. <br />2. Minimization. <br />3. Mitigation. <br />(c) Permits to work in wetlands must be obtained from the local water <br />management organizations, acting as local governmental units (LGU), with respective <br />jurisdiction with the City of Lino Lakes to administer the WCA.