A.

All landscape irrigation audits shall be conducted by a city landscape irrigation auditor, or a third party certified landscape irrigation auditor. Landscape audits shall not be conducted by the person who designed the landscape or installed the landscape.

B.

In large projects or projects with multiple landscape installations (i.e. production home developments) an auditing rate of one (1) in seven (7) lots or approximately fifteen (15) percent will satisfy this requirement.

C.

For new construction and rehabilitated landscape projects installed after December 1, 2015:

1.

The project applicant shall submit an irrigation audit report with the Certificate of Completion to the Community Development Director or designee that may include, but is not limited to: inspection, system tune-up, system test with distribution uniformity, reporting overspray or run off that causes overland flow, and preparation of an irrigation schedule, including configuring irrigation controllers with application rate, soil types, plant factors, slope, exposure and any other factors necessary for accurate programming;

2.

The Community Development Director or designee shall administer programs that may include, but not be limited to, irrigation water use analysis, irrigation audits, and irrigation surveys for compliance with the Maximum Applied Water Allowance.

D.

For existing landscapes that were installed before December 1, 2015 and are over one acre in size:

1.

For all landscapes that have a water meter, the Community Development Director or designee 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 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).

2.

For all landscapes noted above in Section 16.07.130.D that do not have a meter, the Community Development Director or designee shall administer programs that may include, but not be limited to, irrigation surveys and irrigation audits to evaluate water use and provide recommendations as necessary in order to prevent water waste.

3.

All landscape irrigation audits shall be conducted by a certified landscape irrigation auditor.

(Ord. No. 386, § 7(Exh. C), 7-12-2022)