Utah Administrative Code
Topic - Natural Resources
Title R653 - Water Resources
Rule R653-11 - Water Conservation Requirements and Incentives
Section R653-11-9 - Water Efficient Landscaping
Universal Citation: UT Admin Code R 653-11-9
Current through Bulletin 2024-18, September 15, 2024
(1)
(a) Except as otherwise determined by the
division under Subsection (2), water efficient landscaping, for purposes of
Sections R653-11-7 and R653-11-8, is a mixture of inorganic and organic ground
cover that:
(i) controls the invasion of
common weeds and grasses;
(ii)
includes perennial, water efficient plants, shrubs, or trees; and
(iii) water efficient plants and shrubs,
excluding tree canopy, cover 50% or more of the project area at
maturity;
(iv) has a drip
irrigation system that:
(A) replaces the
existing irrigation system servicing the project area;
(B) minimizes evapotranspiration losses;
and
(C) maintains the water
efficient plants, shrubs, and trees in the project area in a healthy state;
and
(v) is officially
approved by the division, its contractors, or a district.
(b) All treatment locations in the project
area, not otherwise covered in brick, or stone shall be covered in 2-4 inches
of permeable gravel, rock, bark, compost mulch, or similar material to control
weeds and improve the appearance of the landscaping.
(c) Water efficient landscaping may include
permeable:
(i) weed barrier fabric;
and
(ii) configurations of pavers,
brick, stone, and similar hard surfaced materials, provided the project area
satisfies the 50% plant and shrub cover requirement with the treated area
counted as contributing nothing toward that cover.
(d) Water efficient landscaping does not
include:
(i) a swimming pool, pond, fountain,
waterfall, rivulet, or similar above ground landscape water feature;
(ii) concrete or artificial turf;
and
(iii) a project area
configuration that leaves adjacent strips of lawn less than eight feet in
width.
(2) The division may approve a district's request to use or partially use its program guidelines definition of "water efficient landscaping" in lieu of the definition in Subsection (1), if the division determines that application of the program guidelines' definition will:
(a)
conserve as much or more water as the definition in Subsection (1);
(b) satisfy environmental needs;
and
(c) further the water
conservation objectives in Section
73-10-37.
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