(A) Compliance with these landscape water conservation standards is mandatory for all new or altered landscaping with commercial and industrial construction projects and residential construction projects that are subject to review by the planning division and or building and engineering services. Any project deemed complete by the planning division after the effective date of this article is subject to the requirements herein. Any project submitted to building and engineering services, which was not deemed complete by the planning division prior to the adoption of this article, after the adoption of this article is subject to the requirements herein.
(B) Exceptions.
(1) These standards shall not be mandatory for individual private rear yards, enclosed by a fence, of single-family residences, planned residential groups, and/or other individual residences with a private fenced back yard, unless required by a discretionary permit.
(2) These standards shall not be mandatory for new or altered single-family residential projects with a total project landscape area less than or equal to 5,000 square feet.
(3) These standards shall not be mandatory for new or altered developer-installed single-family residential projects with a total project landscape area less than or equal to 2,500 square feet.
(Ord. No. 2822)