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such proposed activities shall be reviewed using the review process described in EMC <br />Title 15, Local Project Review Procedures. <br />4. The director may approve alteration of wetlands and buffers when completed to restore <br />or enhance wetland functions. <br />C. Compensating for Wetland Impacts. Wetland and buffer alteration allowed by this section <br />shall be subject to the following requirements: <br />1. Each activity/use shall be designed so as to minimize overall wetland or buffer <br />alteration to the greatest extent possible. <br />2. Construction techniques and field marking of areas to be disturbed shall be approved by <br />the city prior to site disturbance to ensure minimal encroachment. <br />3. A mitigation plan shall be prepared in accordance with subsection D of this section. <br />4. The city may require the applicant to rehabilitate a wetland or its buffer by removing <br />debris, sediment, non-native vegetation, or other material detrimental to the area, by <br />replanting disturbed vegetation, or by other means deemed appropriate by the city. <br />Rehabilitation or restoration may be required at any time that a condition detrimental to <br />water quality or habitat exists. <br />Wetland Compensation Ratios. In approving alteration or relocation of a wetland, the <br />city shall require that an area larger than the altered portion of the wetland be provided <br />as compensation for destruction of the functions of the altered wetland and to ensure <br />that such functions are replaced. The ratios in this section apply to creation, restoration, <br />and enhancement which is in-kind [within the same hydrogeomorphic (HGM) class], on <br />or adjacent to the site, timed prior to or concurrent with alteration, and has a high <br />probability of success. The city may accept or recommend compensation which is off- <br />site and/or out -of -kind, if the applicant can demonstrate that on-site compensation is <br />infeasible due to constraints such as parcel size or wetland type or that a wetland of a <br />different type or location is justified based on regional needs or functions. When <br />mitigating allowed impacts to wetlands, the standard ratios in Table 37.2 shall be used, <br />except as otherwise provided below in this subsection. <br />29 <br />