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Butte CountySupervisors seek way to avoid state landscaping mandate

Posted by: Maven on February 26, 2010 at 6:18 am

From the Oroville Mercury-Register:

“Butte County supervisors are looking for ways to ignore a state mandate that would put limits, regulations and requirements on landscaping as a water conservation measure.

The state has passed three laws aimed at water conservation in landscaping at homes, businesses and public facilities, but this version is the only one that applies to “charter” cities and counties like Butte County.

The measure demands the county to adopt a model ordinance that requires a building or landscaping permit, plan check and a professional design review of private or developer-installed single or multi-family landscaping of 2,500 square-feet or more, or homeowner done or homeowner-hired landscapes of 5,000 square-feet or more.

The county has to administer the permits and do the plan checks, while the individual seeking the permits must hire a professional to review the landscape design. … “

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February 26, 2010 · Filed Under Conservation

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