§ 9.121.100. Irrigation audit and maintenance.

(a)

When submitting the certificate of completion to the City, the project applicant seeking a permit for new construction or rehabilitation of a landscape, as described in Section 9.121.040, shall submit a report of an irrigation audit conducted by a certified landscape irrigation auditor. The irrigation audit may include, but is not limited to, inspection, system tune-up, system test with distribution uniformity, reporting overspray or runoff, and preparation of an irrigation schedule.

(b)

A landscape and irrigation maintenance schedule shall also be submitted with the certificate of completion. The landscape and irrigation maintenance schedule shall include, but not be limited to, routine inspection, adjustment and repair of the irrigation system and its components, aerating and dethatching turf areas, replenishing mulch, fertilizing, pruning, weeding in all landscape areas, and obstruction to emission devices.

(c)

Repair of all irrigation equipment shall be done with the originally installed components or their equivalents.

(Ord. No. 313, exh. A(9.06.095.100), 12-15-2009; Ord. No. 315, exh. A, 4-20-2010)