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<br />Chairman McGuirk questioned if there would be a grace period to ow businesses to adjust <br />their water usage to comply with the ordinance. Staff advised that. is not a retroactive <br />ordinance, and will apply only to new development or retrofit lands ping. Furthennore, <br />there is nothing in the local or State ordinance to make the require ents retroactive. <br />However, in periods of drought, the City can impose penalties for ater wasting. <br /> <br />In response to Commissioner Michelotti's question, Mr. Swift advi <br />Landscape Architect has been checking all landscape plans since ] <br /> <br /> <br />that the City <br />1993. <br /> <br />Commissioner Hovingh asked staff if new legislation has been enac to require new <br />residential areas to use recycled water for landscape watering. Mr. Swift noted that a couple <br />of State laws speak to requiring double piping that would use recycl water if the local <br />water company has adopted a Master Plan that specifIes that recyc1 water will be available. <br />Since Zone 7 is working on a Recycled Water Master Plan, the Stat laws may come into <br />play in the Valley. <br /> <br />Commissioner Michelotti inquired if a double piping system had b <br />Business Park. Mr. Swift indicated that a double piping system wa <br />capable of handling recycled water. <br /> <br /> <br />installed in Hacienda <br />installed that would be <br /> <br />Commissioner Wright inquired if Kottinger Hills golf course would all under either the <br />recreation or commercial guidelines of the ordinance. Mr. Swift ad ised that they would fall <br />under these guidelines; they would either have to meet the guideline or they could ask for <br />an exemption as a recreation area. Furthermore, if they used on-si well water, that well <br />water usage would have to be monitored along with the metered wa r usage. Agricultural <br />uses are exempt from this ordinance. <br /> <br />PUBLIC HEARING WAS OPENED. <br /> <br />Robert Cordtz, 262 West Angela, spoke in favor of the staff report. <br />landscaper had to be licensed or certified. Commissioner Wright di <br />14.18.100 B2 (pages 23-24) which stipulates that they must be eithe <br /> <br />He questioned if the <br />ted him to Section <br />licensed or certified. <br /> <br />Mr. Cordtz feels the architect who designed the system should be th inspector and held <br />accountable. This is a way to reduce the cost to the City and shoul be passed on to the <br />developer and/or homeowner. <br /> <br /> <br />Responding to Commissioner Michelotti, Mr. Swift believed all sin e family homes as well <br />as the common open areas of residential areas would be exempt un er the ordinance. <br /> <br />Dave Chadbourne, McKay and Somps, was interested in how this 1 ordinance would <br />apply to a golf course. He feels the 20 gallon per square foot per y restriction could be <br />problematic for a golf course. He stated some statistics indicating a need of about 38" of <br />water a year to irrigate a golf course. Changing the 20 gallons per quare foot to inches is <br />approximately 32" of water per year. This equates to a potential sh rtfall under nonnal <br />rainfall conditions. The 25 percent limit of turf to the totallandsca area would also be a <br />problem for a golf course. Another recommendation in the ordinan e is to use dwarf-tall <br />Fescue, which is typically not an acceptable fairway grass. A 10 cent maximum slope <br />requirement is certainly problematic for a golf course. Moreover, e proximity of irrigation <br /> <br />Planning Commission Minutes <br /> <br />Page 10 <br /> <br />September 22, 1993 <br />