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<br />Santa Barbara County <br /> <br />Drought Resistant Landscaping Procedure <br /> <br />MAY 82 <br /> <br />Purpose <br /> <br />To establish a standard <br />irrigation of various <br />drought-resistant plant <br />irrigation systems. <br /> <br />condition of approval for landscaping and <br />projects with native and/or introduced <br />material in connection with low-gallonage <br /> <br />Application <br /> <br />Santa Barbara County's limited water resources and continued con- <br />sumptive water use practices associated with urbanization, mandate <br />the County to adopt a pol icy of water conserva tion. The use of <br />drought-resistant plant materials, in combination with low-gallon- <br />age, irrigation systems, will reduce the consumption of wa ter, a <br />1 imi ted resource in the 1980' s. All proj ects which require land- <br />scape treatment will be considered for drought resistant plant <br />materials, and water-conserving irrigation systems. <br /> <br />Procedure <br /> <br />All projects requiring landscape treatment shall be reviewed by <br />the Resource Management Department Landscape Planner. As its <br />principle criterion, the evaluation shall incorporate measures <br />that enhance water conservation, using drought-resistant plant <br />materials, in concert with a water-saving irrigation system. <br />Preliminary discussions and conditions of approval concerning <br />landscape planting and water conserving irrigation systems shall <br />occur at the pre-application stage, Subdivision Committee, and <br />Board of Architectural Review Meetings. Condition(s) of approval <br />shall be included in all staff reports where water consumption <br />can be feasibly reduced by the use of drought-resistant land- <br />scaping and/or low-gallonage irrigation systems. The condition of <br />approval shall read specifically: <br /> <br />Prior to recordation of the Final Map/Zoning Clearance and/or <br />issuance of Building Permits, the applicant shall submit a <br />Landscape Planting Plan, using drought-resistant plant <br />materials, comprised of California natives augmented with <br />appropriate introduced plant species, from other Mediter- <br />ranean climates, together with an irrigation plan featuring a <br />low-gallonage water conserving irr1gat10n system. <br /> <br />Accordingly, a landscape installation and maintenance bond <br />shall be secured by the applicant and recorded prior to <br />issuance of a building permit as a bond or cash deposit in <br /> <br />-48- <br /> <br />I <br />~/l'l LYI+ 1 <br />