§ 9.121.040. Applicability.

(a)

This chapter shall apply to all of the following landscape projects:

(1)

New construction projects for public agency projects and private development projects with an aggregate landscape area equal to or greater than 500 square feet requiring a building or landscape permit, plan check or design review. Such projects will require a landscape permit.

(2)

Rehabilitated landscape projects with an aggregate landscape area equal to or greater than 500 square feet requiring a building or landscape permit, plan check or design review. Such projects will require a landscape permit.

(3)

Reserved.

(4)

Existing landscapes equal to or greater than one acre, with a dedicated or mixed use water meter. Such landscapes are limited to preparing a water efficient landscape worksheet according to the specifications for existing landscapes in the landscape documentation package.

(5)

Cemeteries. Recognizing the special landscape management needs of cemeteries, cemeteries shall require the preparation of a water efficient landscape worksheet, an irrigation maintenance schedule, and an irrigation audit, survey and water use analysis.

(b)

This chapter does not apply to:

(1)

Registered local, State, or Federal historical sites;

(2)

Ecological restoration projects that do not require a permanent irrigation system;

(3)

Mined-land reclamation projects that do not require a permanent irrigation system; or

(4)

Botanical gardens and arboretums open to the public.

(Ord. No. 313, exh. A(9.06.095.040), 12-15-2009; Ord. No. 315, exh. A, 4-20-2010)