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(5) landscape design, installation, maintenance, and <br /> management can and should be water efficient; and <br /> (6) Article X, Section 2 of the California Constitution specifies <br /> that the right to use water is limited to the amount <br /> reasonably required for the beneficial use to be served, and <br /> the right does not and shall not extend to waste or <br /> unreasonable method of use of water. <br /> Sec. 41-1501. Applicability <br /> (a) Beginning January 1, 2010, all planting, irrigation, and landscape- <br /> related improvements required by this Article shall apply to the <br /> following landscape projects: <br /> (1) new landscape installations or landscape rehabilitation <br /> projects by public agencies or private non-residential <br /> developers, except for cemeteries, with a landscaped area, <br /> including pools or other water features but excluding <br /> hardscape, equal to or greater than 2,500 square feet, and <br /> which are otherwise subject to a discretionary approval of a <br /> landscape plan, or which otherwise require a ministerial <br /> permit for a landscape or water feature; <br /> (2) new landscape installations or landscape rehabilitation <br /> projects by developers or property managers of single-family <br /> and multi-family residential projects or complexes with a <br /> landscaped area, including pools or other water features but <br /> excluding hardscape, equal to or greater than 2,500 square <br /> feet, and which are otherwise subject to a discretionary <br /> approval of a landscape plan, or which otherwise require a <br /> ministerial permit for a landscape or water feature; <br /> (3) new landscape installation projects by individual <br /> homeowners on single-family or multi-family residential lots <br /> with a total project landscaped area, including pools or other <br /> water features but excluding hardscape, equal to or greater <br /> than 5,000 square feet, and which are otherwise subject to a <br /> discretionary approval of a landscape plan, or which <br /> otherwise require a ministerial permit for a landscape or <br /> water feature; <br /> (4) A landscape rehabilitation project is subject to the <br /> requirements of this Article where (i) the modified <br /> landscaped area is greater than 2,500 square feet and <br /> represents at least 50% of the total landscaped area; and (ii) <br /> the modifications are planned to occur within one year. The <br /> <br /> Ordinance No. NS-XXX <br /> Page 16 of 22 <br /> 11 B-16 <br /> <br />