19.22.050 Elements of the conceptual landscape documentation plan.

(A) The conceptual landscape documentation plan, submitted as part of the discretionary application, shall include the following:

(1) Project information:

(a) Date;

(b) Project applicant;

(d) Total landscape area (square feet);

(e) Water supply type (e.g., potable, recycled, well);

(f) Landscape requirements identified in Sections 19.22.040 and 19.22.060;

(g) Project contacts to include contact information for the project applicant and property owner.

(2) Water-efficient landscape worksheet in Section 19.22.060:

(a) Hydrozone information table;

(b) Water budget calculations:

(i) Maximum applied water allowance (MAWA),

(ii) Estimated total water use (ETWU).

(3) Plants shall be selected and planted appropriately based upon their adaptability to the climatic, geologic, and topographical conditions of the project site.

(4) The use of turf in new residential projects is limited to twenty-five percent of the rear yard of each home.

(5) On nonresidential projects, turf is not allowed on slopes greater than twenty-five percent where the toe of the slope is adjacent to an impermeable hardscape and where twenty-five percent means one foot of vertical elevation change for every four feet of horizontal length (rise divided by run x 100 = slope percent).

(6) Total irrigated areas specified as turf shall be limited to a maximum of twenty-five percent with recreational areas exempted.

(7) Turf is prohibited in street medians, traffic islands or bulb outs of any size.

(8) A landscape design plan for projects in fire-prone areas shall address fire safety and prevention. A defensible space or zone around a building or structure is required per California Public Resources Code Section 4291(a) and (b). Avoid fire-prone plant materials and highly flammable mulches.

(9) Those species identified by CAL-IPC as invasive in the San Francisco Bay Area shall not be specified.

(10) Landscape plans shall bear the signature of a licensed landscape architect, licensed landscape contractor, or any other person authorized to design a landscape. (See Sections 5500.1, 5615, 5641, 5641.1, 5641.2, 5641.3, 5641.4, 5641.5, 5641.6, 6701, 7027.5 of the California Business and Professions Code, Section 832.27 of Title 16 of the California Code of Regulations, and Section 6721 of the Food and Agriculture Code.)