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Resolution 5199 Ruf Wetland Alteration Permit Reapproval December 15, 1997 Page 2 • WHEREAS, the City Engineer has reviewed the grading plan dated 11/8/95 and found it to be in compliance with the City's Local Water Management Plan, provided that a undisturbed buffer be maintained between the landscaped area and wetland by the applicant; and, WHEREAS, the Mounds View City Council has reviewed the proposal and finds it consistent with the standards in the City's Wetland Zoning Ordinance, Chapter 1010.08, Subdivision 4 as follows: • Any alteration shall not cause a For this subwatershed,the established flood reduction in the flood storage capacity storage elevation is 890.9 feet. The applicant is of the wetland filling a negligible amount of area(less than 80 square feet)within this elevation. The required 1,000 square feet of mitigation will more than compensate for 80 square-foot loss. • Any alteration shall not reduce the It is assumed that the water quality of this wetland existing water quality enhancement will not be negatively impacted as a result of the value of the wetland under conditions home being constructed,as long as a minimum S- of ultimate development foot wide natural area is left to protect the wetland. • Any alteration shall not reduce the The proposed alteration(soil correction and existing wildlife habitat value of a mitigation)is not expected to have an impact upon41111 wetland. the wetland. • Alterations shall be carried out so as to In order to use the property as a home site and to minimize the impact on vegetation. conform to the City's building setbacks,a minimal amount of vegetation will be removed. • Stormwater runoff from a development Because of the minimal nature of the proposed may be directed to a wetland when in development and the measures taken to prevent compliance with the local water erosion,the runoff entering the wetland should be management plan and only when substantially free of sediment,debris and chemical substantially free of sediment,debris pollutants. and chemical pollutants. • The proposed action shall not cause Currently,all of the runoff from this lot save for a stormwater runoff from a development small percentage drains directly into the wetland to take place at a rate which would area. As proposed,the grading and rooflines will exceed the rate or volume of runoff as direct a greater percentage of runoff away from the anticipated by the City's Local Water wetland. Management Plan. • The quality of water infiltrated to the The quality of the water that will enter into the water table or aquifer shall remain ground water system as a result of this substantially unchanged. development is not expected to differ significantly from before.