ARTICLE 10.8. Water Conservation in Landscaping

Article 10.8 repealed and added by Stats. 2006, Ch. 559, Sec. 3.

§§ 65591–65599 · 11 sections

• § 65591 This article shall be known and may be cited as the Water Conservation in Landscaping Act.
• § 65592 Unless the context requires otherwise, the following definitions govern the construction of this article: (a) “Department” means the Department of Water…
• § 65593 The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (a) The waters of the state are of limited supply and are subject to ever increasing demands. (b) The…
• § 65594 (a) Except as provided in Section 65595, if by January 1, 1993, a local agency did not adopt a water efficient landscape ordinance and did not adopt findings…
• § 65595 (a) (1) To the extent funds are appropriated, not later than January 1, 2009, by regulation, the department shall update the model water efficient landscape…
• § 65596 The updated model ordinance adopted pursuant to Sections 65595 and 65596.5 shall do all the following in order to reduce water use: (a) Include provisions for…
• § 65596.5 (a) On or before January 1, 2020, and at least every three years thereafter, the department, after holding one or more public hearings, shall do one of the…
• § 65596.7 (a) On or before June 30, 2019, the director shall convene a working group comprised of representatives from the landscape nursery industry, the agricultural…
• § 65597 Not later than January 31, 2010, each local agency shall notify the department as to whether the local agency is subject to the department’s updated model…
• § 65598 Any model ordinance adopted pursuant to this article shall exempt cemeteries from all provisions of the ordinance except those set forth in subdivisions (h),…
• § 65599 Any actions or proceedings to attach, review, set aside, void, or annul the act, decision, or findings of a local agency on the ground of noncompliance with…