810.0405 Applicability.

(a) Except as provided in subsection (d), this chapter shall apply to all of the following landscape projects:

(1) New construction projects with an aggregate landscape area equal to or greater than 500 square feet requiring a building or landscape permit, plan check or design review;

(2) Rehabilitated landscape projects with an aggregate landscape area equal to or greater than 2,500 square feet requiring a building or landscape permit, plan check, or design review;

(3) Existing landscapes limited to Sections 810.0495 and 810.0500; and

(4) Cemeteries. Recognizing the special landscape management needs of cemeteries, new and rehabilitated cemeteries are limited to Sections 810.0425, 810.0460, and 810.0465; and existing cemeteries are limited to Sections 810.0495 and 810.0500.

(b) Any project with an aggregate landscape area of 2,500 square feet or less may comply with the performance requirements of this chapter or conform to the prescriptive measures contained in Appendix B.

(c) For projects using treated or untreated graywater or rainwater captured on site, any lot or parcel within the project that has less than 2,500 square feet of landscape and meets the lot or parcel’s landscape water requirement (Estimated Total Water Use) entirely with treated or untreated graywater or through stored rainwater captured on site is subject only to Appendix B Section (5).

(d) This chapter does not apply to:

(1) Registered local, State or Federal historical sites;

(2) Ecological restoration projects that do not require a permanent irrigation system;

(3) Mined-land reclamation projects that do not require a permanent irrigation system; or

(4) Existing plant collections, as part of botanical gardens and arboretums open to the public. (Amended by Ord. 338

§ 1, 2015; Ord. 293 § 3, 2009)