(a) A person using water under a water use authorization that the County issued pursuant to this chapter shall maintain the landscaping and irrigation on the property to ensure compliance with the MAWA.
(b) A property owner using water on property subject to a water use authorization shall prepare a regular maintenance schedule for the landscaping and irrigation on the project. The schedule shall provide for, but not be limited to: (1) routine inspections to guard against runoff and erosion and detect plant or irrigation system failure (2) replacement of dead, dying and diseased vegetation, (3) eradication of invasive plant species in transitional areas, (4) auditing, repairing and adjusting the irrigation system and its components when necessary, (5) replenishing mulch, topdressing with compost (6) soil amendment when necessary to support and maintain healthy plant growth, (7) fertilizing, pruning, weeding and mowing and, (8) aerating and dethatching turf areas, (9) maintenance to avoid obstruction of motorists' view, (10) ongoing maintenance of all vegetated BMP as per an approved Landscape Documentation Package. The schedule shall also identify who will be responsible for maintenance and include emergency contact information.
(c) A person who uses water pursuant to a water use authorization shall maintain the irrigation system to meet or exceed an average irrigation efficiency of 0.75.
(d) A person who replaces broken or malfunctioning irrigation system components shall replace the components with the same materials or their equivalent, or with components with greater efficiency, however, the precipitation/application rates shall remain matched on any given valve.
(e) A person who replaces vegetation shall replace it with plantings that are representative of the hydrozone in which the plants were removed and shall be typical of the water use requirements of the plants removed provided that the replaced vegetation does not result in mixing plants contrary to the requirements of this chapter. This shall also apply to vegetated structural BMPs or any other vegetated BMPs installed on the property per approved plans.
(f) A project applicant is encouraged to implement established landscape industry sustainable Best Practices for all landscape maintenance activities.