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Adopted 7/16/2001 -Effective 8/15/2001 City of San Leandro Zoning Code -Article 19 <br />(includes amendments effective through 2007) <br />~. Plants shall be selected and planted appropriately based upon their <br />adaptability to the climatic, geologic, and topographical conditions of <br />the project site. <br />2. Plants shall be grouped in hydozones according to water need. <br />3. At least seventy-five percent (75%) of the tats/ number of plants in <br />non-turf areas shaft require r~ccasional, tittle or no summer water. Ail <br />species should be adapted to the climate in which they will be <br />planted, as docurr7ented by a published plant reference. if plants are <br />given a range of water needs from "occasional to moderate" for <br />example, the landscape deli nc~er must determine if the plant wilt <br />require either occasional or moderate watering based on site, soil, <br />and climate candifions and categorize the plant appropriately. <br />Sources used to determine climate adaptation and watering <br />requirements may incl~rde.~ <br />a. Bornstein Carol David Fross and Bart O'Brien. California Native <br />Plants for the Garden. <br />Qualifying irrigation designations "occasional", "infrequent", or <br />"drought tolerant° <br />b. East Bay Municipal Utili~ District's publication Plants and <br />Landscapes for Summer Dry Climates. <br />Qualifying irrigation designation: "occasional", "infreguent'= or "no <br />summer water" <br />c_ Sunset Publishin~Corporation Sunset Western Garden Book. <br />Qualifying irrigation designation: "little ar no water" <br />d. University of California Cooperative Extension's Guide to <br />Estimating Irrigation Water Needs of Landscape Plantings in CA. <br />Qualifying irrigation designation: "Low" or "Very Low" <br />4. Total irrigated areas specified as turf shall be firnited to a maximum of <br />25/L sports or multiply uses holds or recreational areas exempted. <br />Turf is not allowed on slopes greater than twenty-five (25) percent <br />where the toe of the slope is adEacent to an impermeable hardscape <br />and where twenty-five (25} percent means one (1) foot of vertical <br />elevation change for every four (4) feet of horizontal len.c.~h, <br />~. those species identified by CAL-fPC as invasive in the San <br />Francisco Bay Area shall not be specified. <br />6. The architectural guidelines of a common interest development, <br />which include community apartment protects, condominiums, <br />planned developments, and stock cooperatives, shall not prohibit or <br />include conditions that have the effect of prohibiting the use of {ow- <br />water use plants as a group. <br />7. Recirculating water shall be used for water features and, where <br />available, recycled water shall be used as a source for decorafive <br />water features. <br />8. Recycled water steal{ be used for all irrigation Lavailable/. <br />AR.19 <br />Page 12 of 19~ <br />