Oakdale City Zoning Code
§ 36-24.27
Irrigation Audit, Irrigation Survey, and Irrigation Water Use Analysis-Certain Existing Landscapes.
[Ord. No. 1184, Exh. A., 2010.]
A.
This section, 36-24.27, shall apply to all existing landscapes that were installed before the effective date of this ordinance and are over one (1) acre in size.
1.
For all landscapes in 36-24.27A that have a water meter, the City 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 in 36-24.27A that do not have a meter, the City 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.
B.
All landscape irrigation audits shall be conducted by a certified landscape irrigation auditor.