The following definitions shall apply to this chapter:
"Automatic irrigation controller"means an automatic timing device used to remotely control valves that operate an irrigation system. Automatic irrigation controllers shall schedule irrigation events using either evapotranspiration (ETo) (weather-based) or moisture sensor data.
"Application package"means a set of materials, established by the director, filed by an applicant to officially request a permit subject to this title, or other titles as may be appropriate.
"Building permit"means a permit to engage in a certain type of construction on a specific location.
"Compost"means the safe and stable product of controlled biologic decomposition of organic materials that is beneficial to plant growth.
"Developer"means a person who seeks or receives permits for or who undertakes land development activities who is not a single-family homeowner. Developer includes a developer's partner, associate, employee, consultant, trustee, or agent.
"Director"means the community development director or anyone whom the director has designated or hired to administer or enforce this chapter.
"Discretionary permit"means any permit requiring a decision making body to exercise judgment prior to its approval, conditional approval or denial.
"Evapotranspiration"means the quantity of water evaporated from adjacent soil and other surfaces and transpired by plants during a specified time period.
"Graywater"means untreated wastewater that has not been contaminated by any toilet discharge, has not been affected by infectious, contaminated, or unhealthy bodily wastes, and does not present a threat from contamination, by unhealthful processing, manufacturing, or operating wastes. Graywater includes, but is not limited to, wastewater from bathtubs, showers, bathroom washbasins, clothes washing machines, and laundry tubs, but does not include wastewater from kitchen sinks or dishwashers. Graywater is not "recycled water."
"Grading"means any excavating or filling or combination thereof.
"Hardscape"means any durable surface material, pervious or nonpervious.
"Invasive species"means species of plants not historically found in California that spread outside cultivated areas and may damage environmental or economic resources.
"Landscaped area"means an area with outdoor plants, turf, other vegetation, and natural no water use ground cover such as crushed rock and wood trimmings. A landscaped area includes a water feature either in an area with vegetation or that stands alone. A landscaped area may also include design features adjacent to an area with vegetation. A landscaped area does not include the footprint of a building, decks, patio, sidewalk, driveway, parking lot or other hardscape. A landscaped area also does not include an area without irrigation designated for nondevelopment such as designated open space or area with existing native vegetation.
"Landscape documentation package"means those supplemental landscape-specific attachments required by Section
18.44.070 to be submitted as part of an application package, as required elsewhere in the Municipal Code.
means a sprinkler head or other irrigation device that continues to emit water after the water to the zone in which the device is located has shut off.
"Low volume irrigation"means the application of irrigation water at low pressure through a system of tubing or lateral lines and low volume emitters such as drip lines or bubblers.
"Mulch"means an organic material such as leaves, bark, straw or inorganic mineral materials such as rocks, gravel or decomposed granite left loose and applied to the soil surface to reduce evaporation, suppress weeds, moderate soil temperature, or prevent soil erosion.
"Overspray"means the water from irrigation that is delivered outside an area targeted for the irrigation and makes contact with a surface not intended to be irrigated.
"Pervious"means any surface or material that allows the passage of water through the material and into underlying soil.
"Public water purveyor"means a public utility, municipal water district, municipal irrigation district, or municipality that delivers water to customers.
"Recycled water"means waste water that has been treated at the highest level required by the California Department of Health Services for water not intended for human consumption.
"Runoff"means water that is not absorbed by the soil or landscape to which it is applied and flows from the landscaped area.
"Subsurface irrigation"means an irrigation device with a delivery line and water emitters installed below the soil surface that slowly and frequently emit small amounts of water into the soil to irrigate plant roots.
"Turf"means a groundcover surface of mowed grass.
"Water feature"means a design element where open water performs an aesthetic or recreational function. A water feature includes a pond, lake, waterfall, fountain, artificial streams, spa and swimming pool. Constructed water containment elements used for on-site wastewater treatment or stormwater best management practices are not water features.
"WUCOLS"means WUCOLS Region Number 4 (South Inland) of the Water Use Classification of Landscape Species published by the University of California Cooperative Extension and the Department of Water Resources 2014, as amended.
(Ord. 387 § 3, 2010; Ord. 436 § 1, 2016)