(A) All new residential construction for which a building permit or certificate of occupancy is issued shall be subject to the residential landscape requirements established in this chapter.

(B) Prior to seeding turf grass or installing turf grass sod on any single-family or multiple-family residential lot, the area of such residential lot which is seeded or sodded shall first be treated with organic amendments incorporated into the soil at the rate of three cubic yards per 1,000 square feet.

(C) Not more than sixty percent of the landscape area of any single-family or multiple-family residential lot shall be comprised of turf grass.

(D) Irrigation systems installed on any single-family or multiple-family residential lot shall be designed to include drip irrigation for trees and shrubs on a separate circuit from the turf irrigation circuits.

(E) Irrigation systems installed on any single-family or multiple-family residential lot designed to water grasses shall be fitted with nozzles rated as "water efficient" on all pop-up irrigation heads.

(F) The city and county manager is hereby directed to promulgate administrative regulations consistent with this chapter to implement the provisions of this chapter.
(G) The penalty for violation of the terms of this chapter shall be as provided in chapter 1-12, B.M.C. (Ord. 1721 §1, 2003)