15.04.613

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• Applicability - developer-installed residential landscape2,500 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.

  New construction and rehabilitated landscapes that are developer-installed in single-family and multi-family projects with a landscape area equal to or greater than 2,500 square feet

• Applicability - homeowner-provided landscape5,000 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.

  New construction landscapes that are homeowner-provided and/or homeowner-hired in single-family and multi-family residential projects with a total project landscape area equal to or greater than 5,000 square feet

• Applicability - new landscape installations500 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.

  New landscape installations of 500 square feet or more

• Applicability - rehabilitated landscapes2,500 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.

  Rehabilitated landscapes with an area 2,500 square feet or more

• Buffer tree spacing40 ft on center

  Trees shall be planted at least 40 feet on center.

• Buffer width reduction with adjacent buffer50 percent

  the width of the required buffer may be reduced 50 percent

• Building perimeter landscape requirement20 percent

  The portions of a building that front a public street shall have one or more landscape planters installed along a minimum 20 percent of that building face.

• Evapotranspiration adjustment factor - non-residential0.45 factor

  and 0.45 for non-residential areas

• Evapotranspiration adjustment factor - residential0.55 factor

  ETAF for the landscape project does not, on average, exceed a factor of 0.55 for residential areas

• Flow sensor requirement

  Flow sensors that detect high flow conditions... are required for all on non-residential landscapes and residential landscapes of 5,000 square feet or more.

• Irrigation efficiency - drip system0.81 factor

  and 0.81 for drip system devices.

• Irrigation efficiency - overhead spray0.75 factor

  average IE is assumed to be 0.75 for overhead spray devices

• Landscape water meter requirement - non-residential1,000 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.

  Landscape water meters... must be installed for all non-residential irrigated landscapes of 1,000 square feet or more

• Landscape water meter requirement - residential5,000 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.

  and residential irrigated landscapes of 5,000 square feet or more.

• Overhead irrigation setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. from non-permeable surfaces24 inch

  Overhead irrigation is not permitted within 24 inches of any non-permeable surface.

• Minimum planter width3 ft

  The minimum width of the planter shall be three feet.

• Maximum irrigation application rate on slopes >25%0.75 inches per hour

  Slopes greater than 25 percent shall not be irrigated with an irrigation system with an application rate exceeding 0.75 inches per hour.

• Minimum street tree size1.5 inch DBH

  minimum of 1 ½ inches diameter at breast height or 15 gallons in size

• Street tree requirement50 linear ft per tree

  at least one street tree... for each 50 linear foot of street frontage

• Tree requirement - industrial5,000 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000. per tree

  One tree for every 5,000 square feet of lot area.

• Tree requirement - mixed-use and commercial2,000 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000. per tree

  One tree for every 2,000 square feet of lot area.

• Tree requirement - residential districts1,000 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000. per tree

  One tree for every 1,000 square feet of lot area for residential development.

• Maximum turf in required landscape areas - non-residential30 percent

  The maximum amount of turf in required landscape areas is 30 percent for non-residential uses

• Maximum turf in required landscape areas - residential50 percent

  and 50 percent for residential uses

• Turf prohibitedProhibitedNot allowed in the district at all, short of rezoning or a variance. on slopes25 percent

  Turf is prohibited on slopes greater than 25 percent.