Division 10 — SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION›Chapter 4 — WATER CONSERVATION
810.0495 Existing Landscaping: Irrigation Audit, Irrigation Survey, and Irrigation Water Use Analysis.
Yucaipa Zoning Code · 2026-06 edition · updated 2026-09-10 · Yucaipa
(a) This section shall apply to all existing landscapes that were installed before December 1, 2015 and are over one acre in size.
(1) For all landscapes that have a water meter, the City shall administer programs that may include, but not be limited to, irrigation water use analyses, irrigation surveys, and irrigation audits to evaluate water use and provide recommendations as necessary to reduce landscape water use to a level that does not exceed the Maximum Applied Water Allowance for existing landscapes. The Maximum Applied Water Allowance for existing landscapes shall be calculated as: MAWA = (0.8)(ETo)(LA)(0.62).
(2) For all landscapes that do not have a meter, the City shall administer programs that may include, but not be limited to, irrigation surveys and irrigation audits to evaluate water use and provide recommendations as necessary in order to prevent water waste.
(b) All landscape irrigation audits shall be conducted by a certified landscape irrigation auditor. (Amended by Ord. 338 § 1, 2015; Ord. 293 § 3, 2009)
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- Division 1 — GENERAL PROVISIONS
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- Division 4 — LAND USES
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▸Division 10 — SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION
Overview- Chapter 1 — SURFACE MINING AND LAND RECLAMATION
- Chapter 2 — EROSION AND SEDIMENT CONTROL
- Chapter 3 — WIND-BORNE SOIL EROSION
▸Chapter 4 — WATER CONSERVATION
Overview- 810.0401 Findings and Purpose.
- 810.0405 Applicability.
- 810.0410 Definitions.
- 810.0415 Compliance with Landscape Documentation Package.
- 810.0420 Elements of the Landscape Documentation Package.
- 810.0425 Water Efficient Landscape Worksheet.
- 810.0430 Soil Management Report.
- 810.0435 Landscape Design Plan.
- 810.0440 Irrigation Design Plan.
- 810.0445 Grading Design Plan.
- 810.0450 Certificate of Completion.
- 810.0455 Irrigation Scheduling.
- 810.0465 Irrigation Audit, Irrigation Survey, and Irrigation W…
- 810.0470 Irrigation Efficiency.
- 810.0475 Recycled Water.
- 810.0480 Graywater Systems.
- 810.0490 Public Education.
- 810.0495 Existing Landscaping: Irrigation Audit, Irrigation Su…
- 810.0500 Water Waste Prevention.
- 810.0505 Effective Precipitation.
- 810.0510 Appendices.
- Chapter 5 — ONSITE WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEMS
- Division 11 — PUBLIC FACILITIES FINANCING