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557 ORDINANCE NO. NS- 2321 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA AMENDING SECTION 41-1501 OF THE SANTA MUNICIPAL CODE REGARDING WATER EFFICIENT LANDSCAPE STANDARDS THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1: That the Santa Ana Municipal Code is hereby amended to read as follows: Bec. 4~-~505. &pplicab~l~ty. (a) This article shall apply to sites which have a lot size of more than 15,000 square feet and which are any of the following: (1) New construction projects except single-family and two- family dwellings. (2) Redevelopment rebate program-assisted projects. (3) (4) Sites which are the subject of an application for a discretionary approval, as defined in section 41-668 of this chapter. city public works construction, as defined in section 421 of the charter. (b) This article shall also apply to any landscaped area installed as part of a single-family or two-family home development project if the landscaped area is to be maintained by the associat- ed home owners and exceeds 2,500 square feet in area. (c) Existing traditional landscapes are encouraged to be phased out and be replaced with Water efficient (dry climate) landscapes. Standards as provided in the following sections of this article should be followed for the transition to a water conserving landscape. (d) This article shall exempt any project with a required landscape area of less than two thousand five hundred (2,500) square feet from requiring a separate water meter and calculation of the Landscape Documentation Package as described in Section 41- 1508(1). SECTION 2: If any section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase or portion of this ordinance is for any reason held to be invalid or unconstitutional by the decision of any court of competent jurisdiction, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this ordinance. The city Council of the city of Santa Ana hereby declares that it would have adopted