(A) Landscape projects. After December 1, 2015 and consistent with Executive Order No. B-29-15, the provisions of this subchapter shall apply to all of the following landscape projects:
(1) New development 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.
(B) The reporting requirements of this subchapter shall become effective December 1, 2015 and the remainder of this subchapter shall be effective no later than February 1, 2016.
(C) Any project with an aggregate landscape area of 2,500 square feet or less may comply with the performance requirements of this subchapter or conform to the prescriptive measures contained in § 153.160.225.
(D) 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 § 153.160.220(A)(5) of the city's Municipal Code.
(E) Exceptions. The provisions of this subchapter do 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; and
(4) Plant collections as part of botanical gardens and arboretums open to the public.
(Ord. 1346, passed 5-2-12; Am. Ord. 1379, passed 11-4-15)