(a)

Beginning March 2, 2016, and consistent with Executive Order No. (B-29-15) this article shall apply to the following landscape projects:

(1)

New landscape projects with an aggregate landscape area equal to or greater than five hundred (500) requiring a building or landscape permit, plan check or development review.

(2)

Rehabilitated landscape projects with an aggregate landscape area equal to or greater than two thousand five hundred (2,500) square feet, requiring a building or landscape permit, plan check, or development review.

(3)

New or rehabilitated landscape projects with an aggregate landscape of two thousand five hundred (2,500) square feet or less may comply with the performance requirements of this ordinance or conform to the prescriptive measures contained in the Guidelines for Implementation of the City of Santa Ana Water Efficient Landscape ("Guidelines") Appendix A as amended from time to time.

(4)

New or rehabilitated projects using recycled water or rain water captured on site, any lot or parcels within the project that has less than two thousand five hundred (2,500) square feet of landscape area and meets the lot or parcel's landscape water requirement (Estimated Total Water Use) entirely with the recycled water or through stored rainwater capture on site is subject only to Appendix A of the Guidelines.

(b)

This Article does not apply to:

(1)

Registered local, state, or federal historical sites or other sites exempted by applicable federal or state law.

(2)

Ecological restoration projects that do not require a permanent irrigation system.

(3)

Mined-land reclamation projects that do not require a permanent irrigation system.

(4)

Plant collections, as part of botanical gardens and arboretums open to the public.

(Ord. No. NS-2891, § 2, 2-2-16)