(a) In general.
(1) Except as provided in this section, automatic irrigation systems must be installed in conjunction with new required landscaping for commercial and multifamily uses with combined landscape areas of 500 square feet or more per building site.
(2) The automatic irrigation system must be:
(A) shown on a landscape plan or irrigation plan; and
(B) adequate to maintain the plant materials in a healthy, growing condition at all times.
(b) Renovations and additions that require landscaping. For building sites or artificial lots with an area of two acres or less, all required plant materials must be located a maximum of 100 feet from an irrigation source with a permanently installed threaded hose connection. Proposed watering methods (irrigation or otherwise) must be:
(1) shown on the landscape plan, if any; and
(2) capable of maintaining the plant materials in a healthy, growing condition at all times.
(c) Alternate irrigation. The building official may authorize an alternate method of irrigation for required landscape areas if the alternate irrigation method is:
(1) certified by a landscape architect or licensed irrigator;
(2) shown on a stamped landscape plan or irrigation plan; and
(3) capable of maintaining the plant materials in a healthy, growing condition at all times. (Ord. Nos. 22053; 25155; 30929)