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State could make it easier to plant drought-tolerant plants

Posted by: Aqua Blog Maven on May 23, 2009 at 8:40 am

From the Valley Chronicle:

Cities in the San Jacinto Valley and throughout California have been stepping up their efforts to conserve water in recent years by developing ordinances that require developers to landscape their properties with native or water-efficient plants.

Existing homeowners, for their part, are increasingly concerned about California’s water supplies and the need to conserve water. But, in many cases, they are prohibited from replacing trees, shrubs, and grass with drought-tolerant plants because they live in developments that are governed by outdated Covenants, Codes and Restrictions (or CC&Rs). Nearly 25 percent of California’s homeowners live in developments that are governed by CC&Rs. And, in many cases, residents of these developments can be fined by their association if they replace their existing landscaping with California-friendly plants.

But that’s about to change. Metropolitan Water District and East Bay Municipal Utility District have co-sponsored legislation that would eliminate the ability of homeowners associations to prohibit property owners from installing or maintaining water-efficient landscaping that is in compliance with the state’s model landscaping ordinance or with local landscaping ordinances.

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May 23, 2009 · Filed Under Drought Tolerant Landscaping

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