Staff Report and WELO Ordinance - StopWaste.Org

H. Irrigation Schedules. Irrigation schedules satisfying the following conditionsshall be submitted as part of the landscape documentation package.1. An annual irrigation program with monthly irrigation schedules shall berequired for the plant establishment period, for the established landscape, and forany temporarily irrigated areas.2. The irrigation schedule shall:a. Include run time (in minutes per cycle) suggested number ofcycles per day, and frequency of irrigation for each station; andb. Provide the amount of applied water (in 100 cubic feet andgallons) recommended on a monthly and annual basis.3. The total amount of water for the project shall include water designatedin the estimated total water use calculation including any water needed for anywater features.4. Recreational areas designated in the landscape design shall behighlighted and the irrigation schedule shall indicate if any additional water isneeded above the maximum applied water allowance because of high plantfactors (but not due to irrigation inefficiency).5. Whenever possible, irrigation scheduling shall incorporate the use ofevapotranspiration data such as those from the California Irrigation ManagementSystem (CIMIS) weather stations to apply the appropriate levels of water fordifferent climate.6. Landscape irrigation shall normally be scheduled during nondaylighthours to reduce irrigating during times of high wind or high temperature.I. Maintenance Schedules. A regular maintenance schedule satisfying thefollowing conditions shall be submitted as part of the landscape documentationpackage:1. Landscaping shall be maintained to ensure water efficiency. A regularmaintenance schedule shall include, but not be limited to, checking, adjusting,and repairing irrigation equipment, resetting the automatic controller, aeratingand dethatching turf areas, replenishing mulch; fertilizing; pruning, and weedingin all landscaped areas.2. Repair of irrigation equipment shall be done with the originally specifiedmaterials or their equivalents.J. Landscape Irrigation Audit Schedules. A schedule of landscape irrigationaudits, for all but single-family residences, satisfying the following conditions shallbe submitted to the city as part of the landscape documentation package:1. At a minimum, audits shall be in accordance with the State of CaliforniaLandscape Water Management Program as described in the LandscapeIrrigation Auditor Handbook.2. The schedule shall provide for landscape irrigation audits to beconducted by certified landscape auditors once every five years. Thisrequirement shall be waived if, in the last five years, the project has not at anytime used more water on an annual basis than permitted by the maximumapplied water allowance.1028