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(a) Upon completion of a new construction landscape project or rehabilitated landscape project that requires the submittal of landscape documentation pursuant to Section 63.6.1, the project applicant shall submit a Certificate of Landscape Completion for review and approval by the General Manager.
(b) No City department shall approve or issue a first certificate of occupancy or landscape project completion authorization or approval for any site where Tier 1 or Tier 2 compliance is required, unless and until the landscape documentation pursuant to Section 63.6.1 and a Certificate of Landscape Completion, developed in accordance with the provisions of this chapter and the Public Utilities Commission's rules and regulations, has been approved by the General Manager. The General Manager may authorize issuance of a first certificate of occupancy prior to approval of a Certificate of Landscape Completion, subject to conditions determined by the General Manager.
(Added by Ord. 301-10, File No. 101079, App. 12/3/2010)
(a) This section shall apply to all landscaped areas in the City and County of San Francisco.
(b) Water runoff leaving the landscape area due to low head drainage, overspray, broken irrigation hardware, or other similar conditions where water flows onto adjacent property, walks, roadways, parking lots, structures, or non-irrigated areas designated for non-development such as open spaces and existing native vegetation, is prohibited.
(Added by Ord. 301-10, File No. 101079, App. 12/3/2010)
(a) When required by the General Manager, the project applicant or property owner, whichever is deemed appropriate by the General Manager, shall conduct an irrigation audit through a certified landscape irrigation auditor.
(1) Following the findings and recommendations of the certified landscape irrigation auditor, the project applicant or property owner shall perform adjustments to the irrigation usage, irrigation hardware, or landscape materials to reduce irrigation water use and to bring the irrigation systems in compliance with the applicable Maximum Applied Water Allowance, as directed by the General Manager.
(Added by Ord. 301-10, File No. 101079, App. 12/3/2010)
The property owner or project applicant, where appropriate, shall be subject to enforcement for violation of any provision of this chapter, in accordance with Chapter 100 of the San Francisco Administrative Code, and any other available legal remedies, at the sole discretion of the General Manager.
(Added by Ord. 301-10, File No. 101079, App. 12/3/2010)