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ORDINANCE NS-2204 8~ PAGE 6 plan as approved by the Planning Division shall be in place within the establishment period, i.e., plant material shall be able to establish itself to minimal water requirements within a one year period. Sec. 41-1510. Statement of compliance. Upon substantial completion of the installation of landscaping in compliance with the approved landscape design plan, the landscape architect who prepared the plan shall prepare and sign a certificate to such effect. If a portion of the precipitation is dependent upon natural rainfall the landscape architect shall also prepare and sign a statement certifying his or her disclosure of such fact to the project owner and developer. In no case shall the estimated amount of water exceed 25 percent of the local annual mean precipitation (average rainfall). The certifications from the landscape architect required by this section shall be made on forms provided for such purpose by the Planning Division. The certificate, along with a record drawing or "as-builts," shall be completed and copies sent to the Planning Division and Water Engineering Division of the Public Works Agency prior to final field inspection of the project by the city's Landscape Development Associate. Sec. 41-1511. Landscape irrigation audits. (a) A landscape irrigation audit may be required by the Water Resources Division of the Public Works Agency if the applied water used for a landscaped area subject to this article, in any year after the establishment period, exceeds the Maximum Applied Water Allowance approved for that landscaped area. The landscape irrigation audit shall be conducted and signed by a registered landscape architect and submitted to the Water Resources Division of the Public Works Agency. (b) When a landscape irrigation audit has been required pursuant to this section, repairs or alterations to the irrigation system and/or changes in plant material shall be made as shown to necessary by that audit to reduce applied water usage to not more than the Maximum Applied Water Allowance and to maintain the landscaped area in accordance with the standard established by section 41-609 of this chapter. Repair of irrigation equipment or replacement of plant material shall be done with the originally specified materials or their equivalent. (c) In the event a landscape irrigation audit has been required for a landscaped area pursuant to this section and the owner or occupant of the parcel on which the landscaped area is located fails to have the landscape irrigation audit performed or otherwise fails to comply with this section, the Executive Director of the Public Works Agency may have water service to such parcel discontinued until compliance is obtained; provided, however, that 6