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(1) Markers. Development proposals shall include permanent survey stakes delineating the boundary between adjoining property and critical area tracts, using markers capable of being magnetically located and as established by current survey standards.

(2) Signs. The applicant shall identify the boundary between a critical area tract and contiguous land with permanent signs. Permanent signs shall be City-approved type designed for high durability.

(a) Signs must be posted at an interval of one per lot or every 100 feet, whichever is less, and must be maintained by the property owner or homeowners’ association in perpetuity.

(b) City of Covington may require signs and fences to delineate and protect critical areas and critical area buffers that are not in critical area tracts.

(c) The applicant is responsible for obtaining the signs at their sole expense.

(d) The wording, number and placement of the signs may be modified by the Director based on specific site conditions.

(3) Fencing. Permanent fencing shall be required at the outer edge of the critical area buffer under the following circumstances:

(a) As part of any development proposal for:

(i) Plats;

(ii) Short plats;

(iii) Parks;

(iv) Other development proposals, including but not limited to multifamily, mixed use, and commercial development where the Director determines that such fencing is necessary to protect the functions of the critical area;

(b) When buffer reductions are employed as part of a development proposal;

(c) When buffer averaging is employed as part of a development proposal; and

(d) At the Director’s discretion to protect the values and functions of a critical area. (Ord. 09-19 § 9 (Exh. D); Ord. 06-17 § 4 (Exh. B))