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~ Chairman McGuirk questioned if there would be a grace period to ow businesses to adjust their water usage to comply with the ordinance. Staff advised that i is not a retroactive ordinance, and will apply only to new development or retrofit land ping. Furthermore, there is nothing in the local or State ordinance to make the requirem nts retroactive. However, in periods of drought, the City can impose penalties for w ter wasting. Commissioner Hovingh asked staff if new legislation has been enac residential areas to use recycled water for landscape watering. Mr. of State laws speak to requiring double piping that would use recycl water company has adopted a Master Plan that specifies that recycl Since Zone 7 is working on a Recycled Water Master Plan, the Stat play in the Valley. to require new wift noted that a couple water if the local water will be available. laws may come into In response to Commissioner Michelotti's question, Mr. Swift advi Landscape Architect has been checking all landscape plans since Ian Commissioner Michelotti inquired if a double piping system had bee installed in Hacienda Business Park. Mr. Swift indicated that a double piping system was installed that would be capable of handling recycled water. Commissioner Wright inquired if Kottinger Hills golf course would all under either the recreation or commercial guidelines of the ordinance. Mr. Swift ad ised that they would fall under these guidelines; they would either have to meet the guideline or they could ask for an exemption as a recreation area. Furthermore, if they used on-si well water, that well water usage would have to be monitored along with the metered wa r usage. Agricultural uses are exempt from this ordinance. PUBLIC HEARING WAS OPENED. Robert Cordtz, 262 West Angela, spoke in favor of the staff report. He questioned if the landscaper had to be licensed or certifIed. Commissioner Wright di ected him to Section 14.18.100 B2 (pages 23-24) which stipulates that they must be eithe licensed or certified. Responding to Commissioner Michelotti, Mr. Swift believed all sin Ie family homes as well as the common open areas of residential areas would be exempt un er the ordinance. inspector and held be passed on to the Mr. Cordtz feels the architect who designed the system should be accountable. This is a way to reduce the cost to the City and shoul developer and/or homeowner. Dave Chadbourne, McKay and Somps, was interested in how this 1 ordinance would apply to a golf course. He feels the 20 gallon per square foot per restriction could be problematic for a golf course. He stated some statistics indicating a need of about 38" of water a year to irrigate a golf course. Changing the 20 gallons per square foot to inches is approximately 32" of water per year. This equates to a potential sh rtfall under normal rainfall conditions. The 25 percent limit of turf to the totallandsca area would also be a problem for a golf course. Another recommendation in the ordinan is to use dwarf-tall Fescue, which is typically not an acceptable fairway grass. A 10 rcent maximum slope requirement is certainly problematic for a golf course. Moreover, e proximity of irrigation Planning Commission Minutes Page 10 September 22, 1993