§ 27.3-17 PROVISIONS FOR EXISTING LANDSCAPES AND DUTIES DEFINED.
   (A)   Duties. It shall be the duty of the Planning Director, his or her delegated representative, and of the officers of the city herein or otherwise charged by law with the enforcement of this chapter to enforce this chapter and all the provision of the same.
   (B)   Irrigation audits, irrigation surveys, and irrigation water use analyses.
      (1)   This section may apply to all existing landscapes that were installed before January 1, 2010.
      (2)   For those landscapes specifically identified by city staff and within the parameters as noted in division (B)(1), the local agency 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 the specifically identified landscape by the city in division (B)(1) and its 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).
   (C)   Water waste prevention.
      (1)   Water waste prevention shall be achieved through the city’s application of irrigation audits, irrigation surveys or irrigation water use analyses when the landscape is specifically identified by city staff and within the parameters as noted in § 27.3-12(B) and division (B)(1) of this section.
      (2)   Restrictions regarding overspray and runoff may be modified if:
         (a)   The landscape area is adjacent to permeable surfacing and no runoff occurs; or
         (b)   The adjacent non-permeable surfaces are designed and constructed to drain entirely to a water way or landscaping.
(Ord. 1005, passed 8-3-2010)