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(1) the waters of the State are of limited supply and are subject <br />to ever increasing demands; <br />(2) the continuation of California's economic prosperity is <br />dependent on the availability of adequate supplies of water <br />for future uses; <br />(3) it is the policy of the State to promote the conservation and <br />efficient use of water and to prevent the waste of this <br />valuable resource; <br />(4) landscapes are essential to the quality of life in California by <br />providing areas for active and passive recreation and as an <br />enhancement to the environment by cleaning air and water, <br />preventing erosion, offering fire protection, and replacing <br />ecosystems lost to development; <br />(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 />Ordinance No. NS-2801 <br />Page 16 of 23