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#CALIFORNIA WATER BUDGET WORKBOOK WELO CODE#

Included specifics on compost and mulch in addition to other new details added within the MWELO.

Required soils reports for projects with greater than 2,500 square feet of landscaping.

Updated Worksheet B – Certificate of Compliance and.

Updated the calculation worksheet to meet the requirements of the MWELO (Worksheet A – Water Efficient Landscape Worksheet).

Included reference to Worksheet C which provides prescriptive requirements, which would be adopted as a separate resolution by Town Council.

Exempted projects with less than 500 square feet of landscape area.

Included prescriptive requirements for projects with 500 square feet, but less than 2,500 square feet, including homeowner-provided landscaping.

#CALIFORNIA WATER BUDGET WORKBOOK WELO CODE#

Staff reviewed the Town’s 2013 adopted Water Efficient Landscape Ordinance (Development Code Section 18.40.060) for compliance with the revised MWELO and incorporated the following modifications for compliance: The MWELO’s major change is requiring that the ordinance also applies to single-family residential projects. It also requires reporting on the implementation and enforcement of local ordinance. On April 1, 2015, in response to the ongoing drought, the Governor issued Executive Order B-29-15 which called for revising the Model Water Efficient Landscape Ordinance (MWELO), which was originally adopted by the Town in September 2013, to increase water efficiency standards for new and retrofitted landscapes through more efficient irrigation systems, onsite storm water capture, and by limiting the portion of landscape that can be covered in turf.