Rancho Mirage Municipal Code Ch. 5.27 Required Landscapers Course on Overseeding Alternative

The following definitions shall apply in the interpretation and enforcement of this chapter:

"City"

means the city of Rancho Mirage.

"CVAG"

means the Coachella Valley Association of Governments.

"Landscape professional"

means a business, whether operated by an individual or business entity, which operates within the city and performs or provides services or sells nursery products related to or used in connection with landscape installation, maintenance or design.

"SCAQMD"

means the South Coast Air Quality Management District.

(Ord. 953 § 1, 2007)

The purpose and intent of this chapter is to promote the public health and safety by insuring that landscape-related businesses within the city understand and appreciate the over-seeding alternative promoted by CVAG, SCAQMD and local stakeholders eliminates the need for turf scalping, serves an air quality control measure, and therefore enhances the local air quality.

(Ord. 953 § 1, 2007)

Effective November 1,2016, when making an application for a city business license or an application to renew a city business license, a landscape professional operating within the city shall present proof that at least one employee of the business has, within the twelve months immediately preceding the license or renewal application, completed a two-hour course developed by CVAG, SCAQMD and local stakeholders on grass over-seeding alternatives to traditional scalping, and an additional two-hour course developed by CVWD, in partnership with CVAG and COD, on the reduction of water use in turf and other landscaped areas to encourage the use of water efficient desert landscaping.

(Ord. 953 § 1, 2007; Ord. 1103 § 2, 2016)