Banning Municipal Code Ch. 13.16 Water Conservation

The City of Banning adopts the urban water management/conservation plan, a copy of which is on file in the office of the city clerk.

(Code 1965, § 31-6.)

A. Purpose. The purpose of this section is to increase water conservation, maximize the use of recycled water, and provide for a drought management plan. The provisions of this section will maximize the efficient use of potable and recycled water, and minimize the effects of water shortage to the city and its residents. The provisions of this section will significantly reduce the consumption of imported water, thereby extending available water supplies to reducing hardship to the city and the general public. The purpose of this section is also to implement the city's water shortage contingency plan ("WSCP"). The WSCP benefits not only the city, but also the state in addressing extreme drought conditions or statewide calamities that impact water supply availability. Per California Water Code § 10632(a), retail water suppliers are required to update their existing drought action plans, known as WSCPs. WSCPs must include: key attributes of its water supply reliability analysis; six standard water shortage levels corresponding to progressive ranges of up to ten, twenty, thirty, forty, and fifty percent shortages and greater than fifty percent shortage; locally appropriate "shortage response actions" for each shortage level, with a corresponding estimate of the extent the action will address the gap between supplies and demands; procedures for conducting an annual water supply and demand assessment with prescribed elements; communication protocols and procedures to inform customers, the public, and government entities of any current or predicted water shortages and associated response actions; monitoring and reporting procedures to assure appropriate data is collected to monitor customer compliance and to respond to any state reporting requirements; and a reevaluation and improvement process to assess the functionality of its WSCP and to make appropriate adjustments as may be warranted. The updated WSCP will also have statewide utility for the California Department of Water Resources ("DWR"), the California State Water Resources Control Board, and the state legislature in addressing extreme drought conditions or statewide calamities that impact water supply availability.

B. Definitions. As used in this section, the term "shall" is always mandatory and never directory, and:

"City" means the City of Banning.

"City manager" means the city manager of the city, or the designee of that individual.

"Council" means city council of the city.

"Landscape irrigation system" means an irrigation system with pipes, hoses, spray heads, or sprinkling devices that are operated by hand or through an automated system.

"Person" means any natural person or persons, corporation, public or private entity, or governmental agency or institution.

"Potable water" means water that is suitable for drinking.

"Public works department" means the public works department of the city.

"Reclaimed water" means reclamation and reuse of non-potable water for beneficial use.

"Water operations superintendent" means the water services supervisor of the city.

"Waste" means any unreasonable or nonbeneficial use of water, or any unreasonable method of use of water, as determined by the council, including, but not limited to, the specific uses prohibited and restricted by this section as hereinafter set forth.

"Water user" means any person using water obtained from the water system of the city.

"Water" means water supplied by the city.

C. Noticed Public Hearing Prior to Mandatory Conservation. Except when an emergency is caused by the breakage or failure of a dam, pump, pipeline, or conduit, the council will formally declare the stage of the water shortage, following a public hearing, upon determination from city water staff that a water shortage exists and the WSCP should be implemented. Following council declaration of a shortage stage, the WSCP will become effective no sooner than the first billing period on or after the date of public of the council resolution. The WSCP will remain in effect until council declares the emergency has ended. Alternatively, the council may also change the water shortage stage as appropriate through a duly-noticed public hearing. Notice of the time and place of hearing shall be published at least seven days prior to the date of hearing in a newspaper printed, published, and circulated within the area in which the water supply is distributed, or if there is no such newspaper, in any newspaper printed, published, and circulated in the county in which the area is located.

D. Water Supply Plan for Emergency Supply Shortage.

1. Drought response Stage 1—Shortage Alert (< ten percent). A drought response stage 1 condition applies when the city declares a drought alert by resolution adopted at a regular or special meeting of the council and the city provides notice that due to supply shortages, a consumer demand reduction of up to ten percent is required in order to have sufficient supplies available to meet anticipated demands. After declaration and notification, the city may implement the mandatory stage 1 conservation measures identified in this subsection. Except as provided in exceptions, all persons using city water shall comply with the following water conservation requirements:

a. Watering Hours. No lawn or landscape area shall be watered between the hours of 10:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. on any day. This subsection shall not apply to any drip irrigation system approved in writing by the water operations superintendent, for irrigation system maintenance, leak repair or new planting of low water usage plants, or irrigation using reclaimed water.

b. Water Days. Limit residential and commercial landscape irrigation to no more than three days per week.

c. Rain Event. No landscape irrigation during or within forty-eight hours of a rain event.

d. Watering Duration. Limit lawn watering and landscape irrigation using sprinklers to no more than fifteen minutes per watering station per day. This provision does not apply to landscape irrigation systems using water efficient devices, including, but not limited to, weather-based controllers, drip/micro-irrigation systems and stream rotor sprinklers that meet a seventy percent or greater efficiency standard.

e. Water Fountains and Decorative Water Features. No person shall operate a decorative water feature (e.g. fountains, ponds, etc.) that does not have a recirculating system.

f. Leak Repair. Repair all leaks within seventy-two hours of notification by the city unless other arrangements are approved in writing by the city's water department.

g. Anti-Waste Measures. No person shall do any of the following:

i. Wash, clean, or clear with water sidewalks, walkways, patios, driveways, alleys, or parking areas, whether paved or unpaved, except by use of a hand-held bucket or similar container or by use of a cleaning machine equipped to recycle any water used. In no event shall any water so used be permitted to run off into streets, alleys, or storm drains;

ii. Wash or clean with water any vehicles, including boats and trailers, whether motorized or un-motorized, except by use of a hand-held bucket or similar container or a hose equipped with a positive action quick release shutoff valve or nozzle. This subsection shall not apply to any commercial car washing facility which utilizes a recycling system to capture or reuses water; and

iii. Water any lawn or landscape area to the point where excess water runs off the lawn or landscape area onto any gutter, street, or alley. Excess irrigation runoff is prohibited.

h. Eating and Drinking Establishments. All eating and drinking establishments of any kind whatsoever including, but not limited to, any restaurant, hotel, café, cafeteria, or bar, whether public or private, shall comply with the following requirements:

i. Only provide drinking water to any person upon receipt of an express request; and

ii. Wash or clean the kitchen and dining room area floor using a hand-held bucket or similar container, a mop using a bucket or similar container, or 'water broom' technologies.

i. Exceptions: The provision of this subsection are not applicable to the uses of water that are necessary to protect public health and safety or for essential governmental services, such as police, fire, and other similar emergency services.

j. Upon the declaration of a drought response stage 1, the public works department staff will be responsible for assessing the need for the following measures:

i. Begin an enhanced public awareness campaign.

2. Drought response Stage 2. Shortage Condition (ten percent to twenty percent). A drought response stage 2 condition is also referred to as a 'shortage condition.' A drought critical stage 2 condition applies when the city declares a drought critical condition by resolution adopted at a regular or special meeting of the council and the city provides notice that due to supply shortages, a consumer demand reduction of up to twenty percent is required in order to have sufficient supplies available to meet anticipated demands. After declaration and notification, the city may implement the mandatory stage 2 conservation measures identified in this subsection. Excluding exceptions identified by this subsection, all persons using water shall comply with drought response stage 1 condition practices during a drought response stage 2 condition, and shall also comply with the following additional mandatory conservation measures:

a. Water Days. All landscape irrigation limited to no more than two days per week from June 1 to October 31 and no more than once per week from November 1 to May 31.

b. Watering Duration. Limit lawn watering and landscape irrigation using sprinklers to no more than ten minutes per watering station per day. This provision does not apply to landscape irrigation systems using water efficient devices, including, but not limited to, weather-based controllers, drip/micro-irrigation systems and stream rotor sprinklers that meet a seventy percent or greater efficiency standard.

c. Stop filling or refilling ornamental lakes or ponds, except to the extent needed to sustain aquatic life.

d. Leak Repair. Repair all leaks within forty-eight hours of notification by the city unless other arrangements are approved in writing by the city's water department.

e. Pools and spas to have a cover to prevent evaporation.

f. Water fountains and decorative water features. No person shall operate a fountain or other decorative water feature (e.g. fountains, ponds, etc.).

g. Rain event. No landscape irrigation during or within seventy-two hours of a rain event.

h. Commercial nurseries water hours. Nurseries shall use water only during the hours of midnight to 6:00 a.m.

i. Lawn replacement. Commercial landowners to allow tenants the option of replacing lawns and landscape with indigenous, California-friendly landscape to the area.

j. Upon the declaration of a drought response stage 2, the public works department staff will be responsible for assessing the need for the following measures:

i. No refilling of municipal ornamental lakes or ponds, except as necessary to sustain aquatic life.

ii. Reduced flushing frequency.

iii. No new potable water service.

iv. No new temporary meters or permanent meters.

v. No statements of immediate ability to serve or provide potable water service.

vi. No will serve letters, certificates, or letters of availability.

vii. Suspend consideration of annexations to the city's water service area.

viii. Establish a water allocation for certain properties within the city's jurisdiction.

3. Drought Response Stage 3—Severe Shortage Condition (twenty percent to thirty percent). A drought response stage 3 condition is also referred to as a "severe shortage condition." A stage 3 condition applies when, after a public hearing, the council declares by resolution a water shortage emergency and provides notice that due to supply shortages, a consumer demand reduction of up to thirty percent is required in order to have sufficient supplies available to meet anticipated demands. After declaration and notification, the city may implement the mandatory stage 3 conservation measures identified in this subsection. Excluding exceptions identified by this subsection, all persons using water shall comply with drought response stages 1 and 2 condition practices during a drought response stage 3 condition, and shall also comply with the following additional mandatory conservation measures:

a. Water Days. All landscape irrigation limited to no more than one day per week from June 1 to October 31 and no irrigation from November 1 to May 31.

b. Watering Duration. Limit lawn watering and landscape irrigation using sprinklers to no more than eight minutes per watering station per day. This provision does not apply to landscape irrigation systems using water efficient devices, including, but not limited to, weather-based controllers, drip/micro-irrigation systems and stream rotor sprinklers that meet a seventy percent or greater efficiency standard.

c. Leak Repair. Repair all leaks within twenty-four hours of notification by the city unless other arrangements are approved in writing by the city's water department.

d. Car washing limited to only automobile washes that use water recycling systems.

e. Rain Event. No landscape irrigation during or within one week of a rain event.

f. Eating and Drinking Establishments. All eating and drinking establishments of any kind whatsoever including, but not limited to, any restaurant, hotel, café, cafeteria, or bar, whether public or private, shall comply with the following requirements:

i. Wash or clean the kitchen and dining room area floor once daily (after close of business) using hand-held bucket or similar container, a mop using a bucket or similar container, or 'water broom' technologies.

ii. Pre-soak dirty dishes prior to cleaning in order to remove waste without excess water.

iii. Install solenoid valve for sinks with garbage disposals.

iv. Replace and install waterless urinals.

v. Replace and install low-flow toilets in the restrooms.

g. No commercial window-washing.

h. Apartment buildings are to certify low-flow fixtures (e.g. showerheads, faucets) are installed prior to leasing apartments.

i. Commercial Buildings.

i. Replace/install waterless urinals.

ii. Replace/install low-flow toilets.

j. Hotels and Motels. All hotels and motels shall wash laundry only after a change in customer. The establishment shall prominently display notice of this in each bathroom and sleeping room using clear and easily understood language.

k. Upon the declaration of a drought response stage 3, the public works department staff will be responsible for assessing the need for the following measures:

i. Increase groundwater pumping.

ii. Issue water quality notices (if necessary) in case additional pumping creates water quality issues.

iii. Coordinate with adjacent agencies to prepare for possible need of emergency water when/if conditions worsen.

iv. Notify customers immediately of suspected leaks in their plumbing.

v. Repair or isolate water main leaks within twenty-four hours.

vi. Provide letters to certain properties for allocations established in stage 2 informing reduction of ten percent in allocation of tiered rate.

vii. Elimination of specific municipal uses such as hydrant flushing, street cleaning, as water-based recreation.

4. Drought Response Stage 4—Critical Shortage Condition (thirty percent to forty percent). A drought response stage 4 condition is also referred to as a "critical shortage condition." A stage 4 condition applies when, after a public hearing, the council declares by resolution that a water shortage emergency and provides notice that due to supply shortages, a consumer demand reduction of up to forty percent is required in order to have sufficient supplies available to meet anticipated demands. After declaration and notification, the city may implement the mandatory stage 4 conservation measures identified in this subsection. Excluding exceptions identified by this subsection, all persons using water shall comply with drought response stages 1, 2, and 3 condition practices during a drought response stage 4 condition, and shall also comply with the following additional mandatory conservation measures:

a. Cease all landscape irrigation except by reclaimed water or except for crops or horticulture (nurseries) or for fire or erosion maintenance.

b. No refiling of pools or spas.

c. Commercial landscape to be replaced with, indigenous California-friendly landscape.

d. Upon the declaration of a drought response stage 4, the public works department staff will be responsible for assessing the need for the following measures:

i. Rate increase study to mitigate loss of revenue.

ii. Prop 218 process to implement rate increases.

iii. Increase frequency of meter readings to twice monthly in order to allow staff and customers to track progress.

iv. Implement water waste patrols (once monthly).

v. Coordinate with adjacent agencies to receive emergency water via emergency interconnections.

vi. Defer flushing of mains until maximum allowable time for quality/safety.

vii. Coordinate with manufacturers and/or governing agencies to receive fleet of potable water trucks.

5. Drought Response Stage 5—Emergency Shortage Condition (forty percent to fifty percent). A drought response stage 5 condition is also referred to as an "emergency shortage condition." A stage 5 condition applies when, after a public hearing, the council declares by resolution a water shortage emergency and provides notice that due to supply shortages caused by drought or other reduction of supplies, a consumer demand reduction of up to fifty percent is required in order to have sufficient supplies available to meet anticipated demands. After declaration and notification, the city may implement the mandatory stage 5 conservation measures identified in this subsection. Excluding exceptions identified by this subsection, all persons using water shall comply with drought response stages 1, 2, 3, and 4 condition practices during a drought response stage 5 condition. Only the city and the public works department staff shall comply with the following additional mandatory measures:

a. Initiate system wide rate increase to achieve necessary reduction and to mitigate loss of revenue.

b. Publish notices on government access channel (T.V.).

c. Hand-post drought notices on all customer properties (residential homes and commercial buildings.

6. Drought Response Stage 6—Crisis Shortage Condition (> fifty percent). A drought response stage 6 condition is also referred to as an "crisis shortage condition". A stage 6 condition applies when, after a public hearing, the council declares by resolution a water shortage emergency and provides notice that due to supply shortages caused by drought or other reduction of supplies, a consumer demand reduction of more than fifty percent is required in order to have sufficient supplies available to meet anticipated demands. After declaration and notification, the city may implement the mandatory stage 6 conservation measures identified in this subsection. Excluding exceptions identified by this subsection, all persons using water shall comply with drought response stages 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 condition practices during a drought response stage 6 condition. Only the city and the public works department staff shall comply with the following additional mandatory measures:

a. Mobilize potable water trucks to provide emergency water supplies to customers.

b. Decrease pressure in water mains to limit customer water use to only those most necessary uses.

E. Council Discretion to Modify Conservation Measures Upon a Showing of Necessity Therefor. The specific requirements of each mandatory conservation stage shall be effective upon adoption by the council following a public hearing, except that the council may modify or amend such requirements at the time of adoption upon a showing of the need for such modification or amendment.

F. Implementation and Termination of Mandatory Compliance Stages. The water operations superintendent shall monitor the supply and demand for water on a daily basis to determine the level of conservation required by the implementation or termination of the water conservation stages, and shall notify the council of the necessity for the implementation or termination of each stage. Each declaration of the council implementing or terminating a water conservation stage shall be published at least once in a newspaper of general circulation, and shall remain in effect until the council otherwise declares, as provided herein.

G. Exceptions. Application for exception permit. The water operations superintendent may grant permits for uses of water otherwise prohibited thereby if the water operations superintendent finds and determines that special circumstances make compliance not reasonably possible, or that restrictions herein would either:

1. Cause an unnecessary and undue hardship to the water user or the public; or

2. Cause an emergency condition affecting the health, sanitation, fire protection, or safety of the water user or of the public.

Such exceptions may be granted only upon application therefor. Upon granting any such exception permit, the water operations superintendent may impose any conditions the water operations superintendent determines to be just and proper.

H. Criminal Proceedings for Violation. The council hereby declares that, pursuant to California Water Code § 377, it shall be a misdemeanor for any person to use or apply water contrary to or in violation of any mandatory restriction or requirement established by this section and, upon conviction thereof, that person shall be punished by imprisonment in the county jail for not more than thirty days or a fine of not more than one thousand dollars or by both such fine and imprisonment.

I. Civil Proceedings for Violation. In addition to criminal penalties, violators of the mandatory provisions of this section shall be subject to civil action initiated by the city.

1. First Violation. For a first violation, the city shall issue a written notice of violation to the water user violating the provisions of this section.

2. Second Violation: Twenty-Five Percent Surcharge. For a second violation of this section within a twelve-month period, a one-month surcharge is hereby imposed in an amount equal to twenty-five percent of the previous month's water bill for the meter through which the wasted water was supplied.

3. Third Violation: Fifty Percent Surcharge; Installation of Flow Restrictor. For a third violation of this section within a twelve-month period, a one-month penalty surcharge is hereby imposed in an amount equal to fifty percent of the previous month's water bill for the meter through which the wasted water was supplied. In addition to the surcharge, the city may at its discretion install a flow-restricting device at such meter with a one-eighth-inch orifice for services up to one and one-half inch size, and comparatively sized restrictors for larger services, on the service of the customer at the premises at which the violation occurred, for a period of not less than forty-eight hours. The charge for installing a flow-restricting device shall be based upon the size of the meter and the cost of installation but shall not be less than twenty-five dollars. The charge for removal of the flow-restricting device and restoration of normal service shall be twenty-five dollars if restoration of normal service is performed during the hours of 7:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. on regular working days. If the removal of the flow-restricting device and restoration of normal service is made after regular working hours, on holidays or weekends, the restoration service charge shall be forty dollars.

4. Subsequent Violations; Discontinuance of Service. For any subsequent violation of this section within the twenty-four calendar months after a first violation as provided in subsection (I)(1) of this section, the penalty surcharge provided in subsection (I)(3) of this section shall be imposed and the city shall discontinue water service to that customer at the premises or to the meter where the violation occurred. The charge for reconnection and restoration of normal service shall be twenty-five dollars. Such restoration of service shall not be made until the water operations superintendent has determined that the water user has provided reasonable assurances that future violations of this section by such user will not occur.

J. Notice.

1. For a first violation, written notice may be given to the customer personally or by certified mail.

2. If the penalty assessed is a surcharge for a second or third violation, notice may be given by certified mail.

3. If the penalty assessed is, or includes, the installation of a flow restrictor or the discontinuance of water service to the customer for any period of time whatever, notice of the violation shall be given in the following manner:

a. By giving written notice thereof by certified mail or to the customer personally; or

b. If he/she is absent from his/her place of residence and from his/her assumed place of business, by leaving a copy with some person of suitable age and discretion at either place, and sending a copy through the United States mail, certified, addressed to the customer at either his/her place of business or residence; or

c. If such place of residence and business cannot be ascertained, or a person of suitable age or discretion cannot be found, then by affixing a copy in a conspicuous place on the property where the failure to comply is occurring and also by delivering a copy to a person residing, if such person can be found, and also sending a copy through the United States mail, certified, addressed to the customer at the place where the property is situated.

4. Any notice provided hereunder shall contain, in addition to the facts of the violation, a statement of the possible penalties for each violation and a statement of the possible penalties for each violation and a statement informing the customer of his right to a hearing on the violation.

K. Hearing. Any customer against whom a penalty is levied pursuant to subsections H and I of this section shall have a right to a hearing, in the first instance by the water operations superintendent, with the right of appeal to the council, on the merits of the alleged violation upon the written request of that customer within fifteen days of the date of infraction of the violation.

L. Reservation of rights. The rights of the city hereunder shall be cumulative to any other right of the city to discontinue service. All moneys collected by the public works department pursuant to any of the penalty provisions of this section shall be deposited in the operating fund as reimbursement for the city's costs and expenses of administering and enforcing this section.

M. Concurrent authority. The city manager, the water operations superintendent, and their respective designees, have the duty and are hereby authorized to enforce all provisions of this section, with the qualification that the city through enforcement of this section, the county as to unincorporated territory within the city, are recognized to have concurrent authority for, and shall have the primary responsibility for the control of water flowing in the streets where such occurs within their respective jurisdictions.

(Code 1965, § 31-7.)

(Ord. No. 1578, § 2, 11-9-21)

A. Intent. Water is an increasingly limited and costly resource. It is the intent of this section to establish a water conservation plan to reduce water consumption in the landscape environment using xeriscape principles.

B. Definitions.

"Low water-using drought tolerant plant" includes species suited to our climate, requiring less water in order to grow well.

"Xeriscape" shall mean a combination of landscape features and techniques that in the aggregate reduce the demand for and consumption of water, including appropriate low water using plants, non-living ground-cover, a low percentage of turf coverage, permeable paving and water conserving irrigation techniques and systems.

C. Applicability. The provisions of this section shall apply to all developments within the city including, but not limited to, the following:

1. All new residential developments (including townhomes and apartment projects) on parcels greater than seven thousand square feet;

2. Rehabilitated landscaping (for projects on parcels greater than ten thousand square feet) for industrial, commercial, institutional, multifamily and residential common areas of PUDs (Planned Unit Developments);

3. Interior remodels, tenant improvements and demolitions for any of the above projects;

4. Schools, parks, golf courses or similar public open spaces;

5. Water conservation landscape requirements shall apply to all new developments. New development applications shall include landscape plans which require final approval at the time of final project approval.

D. Exceptions. The provisions of this section shall not apply to those projects which have been approved or accepted as complete for processing prior to the effective date of the ordinance codified in this section; provided no material amendments or extensions are made to such previously approved projects. These provisions shall also not apply to the following:

1. Homeowner-provided landscaping at single-family and multifamily projects;

2. Cemeteries;

3. Registered historical sites;

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

5. Mined-land reclamation projects that do not require a permanent irrigation system.

E. Requirements.

1. Turf limitation. The maximum allowed turf and/or water area (expressed as percent of planted area) shall be twenty-five percent for industrial, commercial, residential developments with common area, institutions and public/semi-public developments. If turf is an essential part of development, such as playing fields for schools or public parks, a higher percentage will be allowed, and will be evaluated on an individual basis. No turf shall be allowed in median strips or in areas less than eight feet wide.

If a residential development has one or more model homes, it is required that at least one model home in the development be planted with drought tolerant plants and a maximum of twenty-five percent turf and/or water area. Additionally, developers shall provide buyers with sample landscape plans using low water-using plants and a maximum twenty-five percent turf area. The developer shall also provide information about outdoor water conservation by distributing pamphlets to buyers regarding this subject. Such pamphlets are available from local water districts and the state department of water resources. The county community development department will have samples of appropriate types of pamphlets available. Landscape and distribution of literature shall require approval by the community development department.

2. Types of plants in non-turf areas. At least ninety percent of the plants in non-turf areas shall be low water-requiring, drought-resistant plants as approved by the community development department. A small percentage of the planted area (up to ten percent) can be used for nondrought tolerant varieties if they are grouped together and can be irrigated separately.

3. Use of mulch. A minimum of two inches of mulch shall be added to the soil surface after planting. Nonporous material shall not be placed under the mulch.

4. Irrigation.

a. Sprinklers and sprays shall not be used in areas less than eight feet wide. Drip and bubbler shall be used that do not exceed one and one-half gallons per minute per device.

b. Sprinkler heads with a precipitation rate of .85" per hour or less shall be used in slopes exceeding fifteen percent to minimize runoff, or exceeding ten percent within ten feet of hardscape.

c. Valves and circuits shall be separated based on water use.

d. Drip or bubbler irrigation systems are required for trees with the exception of those which can be sustained by ground or rain water.

e. Sprinkler heads must have matched precipitation rates within each control valve circuit.

f. Serviceable check valves are required where elevation differential may cause low head drainage.

g. Sprinkler head spacing shall be designed for head-to-head coverage. The system should be designed for minimum runoff and overspray onto nonirrigated areas.

h. All irrigation systems shall be equipped with a controller capable of dual or multiple programming. Controllers must have multiple cycle start capacity and a flexible calendar program.

5. Ornamental ponds. Water bodies that are part of the landscaping for new developments shall be restricted. Unless the water body is an integral part of the operations of the new development, the surface area of the water body shall be counted as turf in the calculations for limitation of turf for the landscaped area. Fountains or other types of decorative bodies where water is sprayed into the air shall be discouraged. Some allowance will be made for fountains for ponds where reclaimed irrigation is used and the water supply is recirculated.

6. Landscape plans. Landscape plans shall indicate the total landscape area, the area and percentage of drought-resistant plantings and the area and percentage of ornamental nondrought resistant plantings. The plans shall be reviewed by community development director or his designee to check for compliance with this section in regards to plant varieties, planting areas and irrigation design. Commercial, multiple dwellings, country clubs and condominiums shall be required to submit additional landscape plans which include a water budget that incorporates estimated annual water use (in gallons) and the area (in square feet) to be irrigated. Precipitation rates for each valve circuit and a monthly irrigation schedule for the plant establishment period including the year following shall be supplied as well.

(Code 1965, § 31-8.)