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Chapter 153 Water Resource Management Adopted 6/28/2022 Page 31 of 34 (C)Monumentation is required for wetland and shoreland setbacks, as well as areas designated as upland preserves and placed under conservation easement. (D)Posts must be placed at each corner, angle point, approximately every 500 feet along a tangent (straight line segment), and at each intersection between the setback boundary and existing property lines (i.e. at each lot line). An exception to this specification may be for setback boundaries that are described as abutting and following a meandering riparian edge where permanent monumentation would be impracticable. (E)Posts must be a minimum length of seventy two (72) inches. (F)An appropriate, approved setback boundary sign must be attached to the top of each post. Easement boundary signs must be no smaller than 6 inches by 9 inches in size. At a minimum, easement boundary signs must identify the area as a conservation area and indicate that mowing, spraying, and other land disturbing activities are not permitted. (G)Monumentation requirements may be altered for sites with unique circumstances at County discretion. ENFORCEMENT § 153.70 AUTHORITY/RESPONSIBILITY. The county shall have the overall authority to enforce the provisions of this chapter. If the LGU has an approved and adopted Local Water Plan and elects to take on principal responsibility for enforcement of this chapter, an individual agreement will be negotiated to determine principal review and enforcement responsibility based on the LGU's ability to implement this chapter. § 153.71 METHOD OF ENFORCEMENT. The county may take the following actions as appropriate: (A)Issue stop work orders; (A)Issue a notice of violation; (B)Issue an order for correction; (C)Withhold the scheduling of inspections and/or the issuance of a certificate of occupancy; (D)Revoke any approval issued by the county to the responsible party for the site in question; (E)Take such action as necessary in a court of competent jurisdiction to attain compliance; (F)Use financial security as provided under § 153.74; (G)Institute appropriate actions or proceedings, including injunctive relief to prevent, restrain, correct or abate such violations or threatened violations. The county may recover costs incurred for corrective action in a civil action in any court of competent jurisdiction and such costs may be certified by court order to the County Auditor as a special tax against the real property. § 153.73 INSPECTIONS. (A)After issuance of a permit, the county or SWCD may perform such field inspections and monitoring of the approved activity as the county or SWCD deems necessary to determine compliance with the conditions