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Water Efficient Landscape
Plumas County Title 9, Planning and Zoning, Chapter 2 Zoning, Article 42 - WATER EFFICIENT LANDSCAPE ("WEL") defines the standards that regulate the design, installation, maintenance, and management of new, rehabilitated, and existing landscapes for the purpose of water conservation as adopted by the Plumas County Board of Supervisors under Ord. 2019-1124, passed and adopted on November 5, 2019.
Section 9-2.4202 of the WEL describes the applicability of the ordinance, which states Article 42 applies to all residential and non-residential landscape projects requiring a building or special use permit in the unincorporated area of the County of Plumas. More specifically Section 9-2.4202, subsections (a) through (f) describe the types of projects subject to Article 42 - WEL, as follows:
(a) New landscape projects with an aggregate landscape area equal to or greater than 500 square feet.
(b) Rehabilitated landscape projects with an aggregate landscape area equal to or greater than 2,500 square feet.
(c) Existing landscapes.
(d) Cemeteries, new/rehabilitated subject to subsection 9-2.4209(a)(1), and existing subject to subsection 9-2.4209(a)(2).
(e) Landscape projects, new or rehabilitated, with an aggregate landscape area between 500 square feet and 2,500 square feet, may comply with the performance requirements of this article or conform to the prescriptive compliance option contained in subsection 9-2.4205(e) and subsection 9-2.4206(g).
(f) Landscape projects utilizing graywater or rainwater captured on-site are subject only to subsection 9-2.4206(g)(1)(v), if:1.Any lot or parcel within the project has less than 2,500 square feet of landscape area; and2.Meets the landscape water requirement (estimated total water use) entirely with graywater or rainwater captured on-site.
Section 9-2.4203 of the WEL subsections (a) through (d) describe the landscape projects that are exempt from Article 42 - WEL, as follows:
(a) Registered local, state, or federal historical sites.
(b) Ecological restoration projects that do not require a permanent irrigation system.
(c) Mined-land reclamation projects that do not require a permanent irrigation system.
(d) Gardens or plant collections, as part of botanical gardens and arboretums open to the public.