Page 9 - Efficient Irrigation and Landscape Design Standards

RANGE OF STANDARDS CURRENTLY EMPLOYED IN THE AREA:
MUNICIPALITY
CODE REFERENCE
SUMMARY OF STANDARDS
Airway Heights, WA
AHMC 17.22
Landscaping is not required in the residential zones. Requires water efficient design and irrigation plans on sites over 10,000 sf of irrigated area.
Spokane, WA
SMC 17C.200.110
Landscape plans are not required for residential homes, an attached house or a duplex on a lot. For development of sites 7,000 square feet or larger, including planned unit developments, a landscape plan is required. No irrigation plans required.
Spokane Valley, WA
Spokane County
SVMC 22.70.90
SCC 14.806
Applies to multifamily and nonresidential projects. No irrigation plans required.
Applies to all new development except single-family requirements. No irrigation plans required.
Liberty Lake, WA
Article 10-3C
Applies to all new development except single-family. No irrigation plans required. Must comply with City Water Conservation Ordinances.
Post Falls, ID
PFMC 18.24.080
Applies to all new development except single-family. Irrigation required, but plans for water efficiency are not.
Hayden, ID
Chapter 11-11-11
Applies to all new development except single-family. Irrigation plans are not required for any type of development.
Coeur d’Alene, ID
Chapter 17.06
Does not have any single-family landscape requirements. For non-residential use, the only requirement for documentation is to specify the method of irrigation and water spray pattern plan.
Kootenai County, ID
2.2 EXCEPTIONS
KCC 8.4.6
Does not have any residential landscape requirements, nor does it require irrigation plans for any type of development.
An adopting jurisdiction may choose to exempt some development activities from all or some of the provisions of the efficient irrigation and landscape design standards. An example of some activities that communities may choose to exempt include:
• Existing landscapes (consider requiring public landscapes to be retrofitted)
• Cemeteries (consider requiring any irrigation to use recycled water)
• Registered local, state or federal historic sites.
• Ecological restoration sites.
• Golf courses with actively managed watering systems.
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