Piedmont Municipal Code Art. VII Bay-Friendly Landscaping Requirements

City owned and/or operated Permitted Use facilities in Zone B are subject to the following regulations:

(a)
Definitions. In this section:

“Bay-Friendly Landscaping Guidelines” means the most recent version of guidelines developed by StopWaste.Org for use in the professional design, construction and maintenance of Landscapes.

“Bay-Friendly Landscaping Scorecard” means the most recent version of the Bay- Friendly Landscaping points system developed by StopWaste.Org.

"City Project" means any new construction or Renovation of a Building or Landscape owned or occupied by a City Department or Agency.

“Covered Project” means all new Landscaping projects or Renovations of Landscapes that equal or exceed $100,000 in construction costs and are either owned or occupied by a City Department or Agency or developed as a Public-Private Partnership.

"Bay-Friendly Landscaping Compliance Official" means the Director of Public Works or the Director’s designee.

“Initiated” means officially identified and substantially funded to offset the costs associated with the project.

“Landscape” means the parcel area less the building pad and includes all planted areas and hardscape surfaces (i.e. driveway, parking, paths and other paved areas).

“Public-Private Partnership” means any project built on city-owned land, primarily funded by the City, or built under a Disposition and Development Agreement with the City.

“Renovation” means any change, addition, or modification to an existing Landscape, including, but not limited to, tenant improvements.

“Traditional Public Works Project” means heavy construction projects including but not limited to such items as pump stations, flood control improvements, roads, and bridges, as well as traffic lights, sidewalks, bike paths, bus stops, and associated infrastructure on City owned and maintained property.

(b) Regulations and Standards for Compliance

Parks

3-31 (i) At all times, City staff shall maintain the most recent version of the Bay-Friendly Landscape Guidelines and the Bay-Friendly Landscaping Scorecard.

(ii) Bay-Friendly Landscape Scorecard Points. All Covered Projects with landscapes Initiated on or after the effective date of this Ordinance shall meet the most recent minimum Bay-Friendly Landscape Scorecard points as recommended by StopWaste.Org or its designee.

(iii) Practicable Effort and Documentation. For the purposes of reducing operating and maintenance costs in all City facilities and Public-Private Partnership facilities, Covered Projects that do not meet the threshold that triggers compliance with the requirements of this ordinance and that have Landscape construction costs greater than $10,000 are required to meet as many Bay-Friendly Landscaping Scorecard points as practicable and are required to complete and submit to the City’s Bay-Friendly Landscaping Compliance Official the Bay-Friendly Landscaping scorecard as a way of documenting the Bay-Friendly Landscaping practices that have been incorporated into the project.

(iv) Project Specifications in Bids. In developing project specifications for use in building “Traditional Public Works Projects,” the Public Works Department shall consider including in those specifications Bay-Friendly landscape and environmentally sound practices whenever practicable.

(c) Unusual Circumstances. Compliance with the provisions of this Article may be waived in unusual circumstances where the City Council has, by resolution, found and determined that the public interest would not be served by complying with these provisions. (Ord. 728 N.S., 04/2017; Ord. 680 N.S., 09/2008)

Rev. 2020-11-04 (Ord. 757 N.S., 10/2020)