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 Chapter 63. WATER EFFICIENT IRRIGATION ORDINANCE*

  § 63.6. PROVISIONS FOR WATER EFFICIENT LANDSCAPES FOR NEW CONSTRUCTION AND LANDSCAPE REHABILITATION PROJECTS.  

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  • (a) Tier 1: Beginning on the effective date of the amendments to this Chapter 63*, project applicants for all public agency, commercial, and residential landscape rehabilitation projects, with a modified landscape area equal to or greater than 1,000 square feet and less than 2,500 square feet, shall comply with this Chapter 63 and the rules and regulations adopted by the Public Utilities Commission.
    (b) Tier 2: Beginning on the effective date of the amendments to this Chapter 63*, project applicant for all public agency, commercial, and residential new construction landscape projects with a landscape area equal to or greater than 500 square feet; landscape rehabilitation projects with a modified landscape area equal to or greater than 2,500 square feet; or a project under Tier 1 with a turf limitation exceeding 25% of the landscape area, shall comply with this Chapter 63 and the rules and regulations adopted by the Public Utilities Commission.
    (c) Beginning January 1, 2016, property owners maintaining a total irrigated landscape of 10 acres or greater may submit compliance plans for approval by the General Manager that support a programmatic approach to compliance with this Chapter 63, rather than through the review and approval of individual landscape rehabilitation projects.
    (Added by Ord. 301-10, File No. 101079, App. 12/3/2010; amended by Ord. , File No. 151251, App. 3/4/2016, Eff. 4/3/2016)
    *Editor's Notes:
    The phrase "the effective date of the amendments to this Chapter 63" was added to divisions (a) and (b) of this section by Ord. , effective 4/3/2016.
    That ordinance further provides that "In amending the effective dates of the amendments stated in Section 63.6 . . . , this ordinance does not intend to change the legal obligations created by Section 63.6 from January 1, 2011 forward, except to the extent that changes in the legal obligations created by this ordinance shall become operative as of the amended dates stated in Section 63.6." See Ord. § 3.