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(a)
These requirements shall be applicable to new and rehabilitated landscaping for industrial, commercial, office and institutional developments; to parks and other public recreational areas; to multifamily (five or more units) residential and PUD common areas; to model home complexes; and to city road medians and corridors.
(b)
These requirements shall not be applicable to:
(1)
Homeowner provided landscaping at single-family and multiple-family projects;
(2)
Cemeteries;
(3)
Registered historical sites;
(4)
Ecological restoration projects that do not require a permanent irrigation system;
(5)
Mined-land reclamation projects that do not require a permanent irrigation system;
(6)
Any project with a landscaped area less than one thousand square feet, unless the director determines that substantial compliance with the purpose of this chapter as stated in Section 15.06.010 requires that a landscape plan be submitted.
(c)
Exemptions. The director may authorize exemptions to any of the design and improvement standards in this chapter. Such exemptions may be granted if the director finds that the proposed design or improvement is in substantial compliance with the purpose and intent of this chapter.
(Ord. 477 1(part), 1993).