The following projects or landscapes are exempt from or subject to limited review pursuant to the MWELO:

A.

Projects involving new construction of an aggregate landscape area of less than two thousand five hundred square feet that comply with the prescriptive measures found in Appendix D of MWELO are exempt from the performance requirements of the MWELO.

B.

Existing landscapes, including existing cemeteries, must comply only with Sections 493, 493.1 and 493.2 of the MWELO.

C.

New and rehabilitated cemeteries must comply only with Sections 492.4, 492.11 and 492.12 of the MWELO.

D.

For any lot or parcel within a project that has (a) an aggregate landscape area less than two thousand five hundred square feet; and (b) sufficient treated or untreated graywater or stored rainwater captured on site to meet the lot's or parcel's landscape water requirement, the lot or parcel must comply only with Appendix D, Section 5 of the MWELO.

E.

Registered local, state, or federal historical sites are exempt from the MWELO.

F.

Ecological restoration projects or mined-land reclamation projects that do not require a permanent irrigation system are exempt from the MWELO.

G.

Existing plant collections, as part of botanical gardens or arboretums open to the public, are exempt from the MWELO.

(Ord. No. 23-05, 12-13-23)