10.19.020 APPLICABILITY.
   .010   This Chapter and the Guidelines shall apply to the following Landscape Projects:
   .01   New Landscape 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;
   .02   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;
   .03   New or Rehabilitated Landscape Projects with an Aggregate Landscape Area of 2,500 square feet or less may comply with the performance requirements of this Chapter and the Guidelines or conform to the prescriptive measures contained in Appendix A of the Guidelines; and
   .04   New or Rehabilitated Landscape Projects using treated or untreated graywater or rainwater capture on site, any lot or parcels within the project that has less than 2,500 square feet of landscape area and meets the lot or parcel’s landscape water requirement (Estimated Total Water Use) entirely with the treated or untreated graywater or through stored rainwater capture on site is subject only to the irrigation system requirements of Appendix A of the Guidelines.
   .020   Section 10.19.050 of this Chapter shall apply to all Landscape Areas, whether installed prior to or after January 1, 2010.
   .030   This Chapter does not apply to:
   .01   Registered local, state, or federal historical sites;
   .02   Ecological Restoration Projects that do not require a permanent irrigation system;
   .03   Mined-land Reclamation Projects that do not require a permanent irrigation system; or
   .04   Plant collections, as part of botanical gardens and arboretums open to the public.
   .040   As for cemetery Landscape Projects, Sections 2.8, 2.9, and Appendix C of the Guidelines shall apply to new cemetery landscape installations and Sections 2.8, 2.9, and 3 of the Guidelines shall apply to cemetery landscape rehabilitation projects. (Ord. 5349 § 1 (part); January 12, 1993: Ord. 6160 § 1 (part); December 8, 2009: Ord. 6355 § 3 (part); January 26, 2016.)