Daily irrigation of new landscape may be allowed for elective landscaping and will be allowed for required landscaping by obtaining a special use irrigation permit from the Building Department.
(A) The permit shall be good for a maximum of 30 days.
(B) The fee for the permit shall be determined by the square feet of landscaping to be installed at $0.25 per square foot, with a maximum of 2,500 square feet per permit, plus a $10 fee to cover administration and printing.
(C) The permit shall be obtained prior to landscape installation and prominently posted at the irrigation site.
(D) The determination of provision of an elective landscaping permit shall be made by a representative of the Utilities Department and may be appealed by the application to the City Council, if thought to have been unreasonably denied. The decision of the City Council shall be final.
(E) Resource Status Level 2 restrictions shall apply to all special use irrigation permit(s).
(F) No new elective or required special use irrigation permits for landscaping will be issued when at Resource Status Level 4.
(G) Landscaping not installed and required by the city to meet the Land Development Code will not delay a certificate of occupancy to be issued, providing its installation is delayed as a result of a suspension of new landscaping permits and a surety is provided acceptable to the Community Development Department.
(H) When a violation of the water restrictions is observed by one of the designated city employees, that employee will photograph the violation and fill out a water violation report and turn it in to the Code Enforcement Officer. The following surcharges will apply to all violations deemed to be valid by the Code Enforcement Officer.
(1) A surcharge of $25 shall be assessed to the account of record for a violation of Resource Status Level 2.
(2) A surcharge of $35 shall be assessed to the account of record for a violation of Resource Status Level 3.
(3) A surcharge of $100 shall be assessed to the account of record for a violation of Resource Status Level 4.
(4) Surcharges shall double for every repeat violation. Each succeeding surcharge under the prevailing resource status level may be twice the previous surcharge assessed for the previous violation.
(5) (a) The assessment of the surcharge may be informally appealed, in writing, within 15 calendar days of the notice of the surcharge assessment. The written appeal shall be received by the city’s Utilities Department within the said 15-day time limit or the right to such appeal shall be permanently waived.
(b) Address all surcharge related correspondence to the city’s Utility Department.
(Prior Code, § 8-4.08) (Ord. 940, passed 3-13-2014)