Orange County Unincorporated, California · General provision
Sec. 7-9-68.2 and 7-9-68.5
Extracted standards
3 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Landscaping & trees
- ET adjustment factor for landscape water use0.55
the estimated applied water use allowed for the landscaped area shall not exceed the MAWA calculated using an ET adjustment factor of 0.55, except for special landscaped areas where the MAWA is calculated using an ET adjustment factor of 1.0
- Minimum new landscape area subject to code500 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
New landscape projects with an aggregate landscape area equal to or greater than five hundred (500) square feet
- Minimum rehabilitated landscape area subject to code2,500 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
Rehabilitated landscape projects with an aggregate landscaped area equal to or greater than two thousand five hundred (2,500) square feet
From the ordinance
These provisions apply to all of the following landscape projects in all zoning districts: (1) New landscape projects with an aggregate landscape area equal to or greater than five hundred (500) square feet... (2) Rehabilitated landscape projects with an aggregate landscaped area equal to or greater than two thousand five hundred (2,500) square feet... For applicable landscape installation or rehabilitation projects... the estimated applied water use allowed for the landscaped area shall not exceed the MAWA calculated using an ET adjustment factor of 0.55, except for special landscaped areas where the MAWA is calculated using an ET adjustment factor of 1.0.