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Permit Final or Notice of Completion process, as provided in <br /> the Standards. <br /> Sec. 41-1503. Landscape Water Use Standards <br /> (a) For applicable landscape installation or rehabilitation projects <br /> subject to Section 41-1501(a) of this Code, the Estimated Applied <br /> Water Use allowed for the landscaped area shall not exceed the <br /> MAWA calculated using an ET adjustment factor of 0.7, except for <br /> special landscaped areas where the MAWA is calculated using an <br /> ET adjustment factor of 1.0; or the design of the landscaped area <br /> shall otherwise be shown to be equivalently water-efficient in a <br /> manner acceptable to the City; as provided in the Standards. <br /> (b) Irrigation of all landscaped areas shall be conducted in a manner <br /> conforming to the rules and requirements, and shall be subject to <br /> penalties and incentives for water conservation and water waste <br /> prevention as determined and implemented by the City. <br /> Sec. 41-1504. Definitions <br /> The following definitions are applicable to this article: <br /> "Applied water" means the portion of water supplied by the irrigation system to <br /> the landscape. <br /> "Budget-based tiered-rate structure" means tiered or block rates for irrigation <br /> accounts charged by the retail water agency in which the block definition for each <br /> customer is derived from lot size or irrigated area and the evapotranspiration <br /> requirements of landscaping. <br /> "Ecological restoration project' means a project where the site is intentionally <br /> altered to establish a defined, indigenous, historic ecosystem. <br /> "Estimated Applied Water Use" means the average annual total amount of water <br /> estimated to be necessary to keep plants in a healthy state, calculated as <br /> provided in the Standards. It is based on the reference evapotranspiration rate, <br /> the size of the landscape area, plant water use factors, and the relative irrigation <br /> efficiency of the irrigation system. <br /> "ET adjustment factor" or "ETAF' is equal to the plant factor divided by the <br /> irrigation efficiency factor for a landscape project, as described in the Standards. <br /> The ETAF is calculated in the context of local reference evapotranspiration, using <br /> site-specific plant factors and irrigation efficiency factors that influence the <br /> amount of water that needs to be applied to the specific landscaped area. A <br /> combined plant mix with asite-wide average plant factor of 0.5 (indicating a <br /> moderate water need) and average irrigation efficiency of 0.71 produces an ET <br /> adjustment factor of (0.7) _ (0.5/0.71), which is the standard of water use <br /> <br /> efficiency generally required by this Article and the Standards, except that the <br /> <br /> ETAF for a special landscape area shall not exceed 1.0. <br /> <br /> Ordinance No. NS-XXX <br /> <br /> Page 18 of 22 <br /> 11 B-18 <br /> <br />