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COMMUNITY BEAUTIFICATION AND WATER CONSERVATION
The City Council believes that it would be in the best interest of the
City and the developer to encourage utilizing the services of a landscape
architect simultaneously with the services of the engineers, rather than
after cutting and grading are final.
Strips of land dividing housing projects should be preserved as green
belts or open space wilderness areas.
Ravines and barrancas should be preserved to provide natural areas of
beautification.
Where possible, some streets'in residential developments should run toward
the ocean or Upper Bay to provide a view of the water.
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The cost of transmitting fater to Southern California will increase
dramatically during the [xt decade due to the increased cost of oil in
the conveyance process. ;'Anticipating this cost increase, it shall be
the policy of the City 4f Newport Beach to encourage conservation of
water throughout the CiAty and to develop methods whereby the City, its
citizens, businessmen 4nd homeowner associations can reduce their con-
sumption of water. j
Suggested methods ingilude, but are not limited to, the following:
1) Select landsca#e materials from a list of drought resistant shrubs,
trees and grou d covers and use them as extensively as possible in
parks, parkwa3is, traffic medians and around public buildings.
2) Encourage
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use of solid materials (concrete, brick, etc.) in
traffic islds, parkways and other locations in order to reduce
water - consug areas. Care should be taken, however, to provide
ample tree in parkways when solid materials are used.
3) Reduce to at acceptable minimum the amount of water that is applied
to lawns, ound covers, paseos and greenbelts, but giving care to
the deep w ter that is required by trees.
4) Give great r consideration to soil conditioning and be sure that
soils are, roperly prepared prior to planting. Sandy soils should
receive a generous amount of humus to retain moisture.
5) In design of parkway and median landscaping, grade the area concave
rather than convex to eliminate run -off and spray drift. Bubbler
heads should be used instead of spray heads.
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6) Determine proper water timing of landscaping in various types of
soil and publicize appropriate watering procedures for public
information; i.e., deep water for trees.
7) Investigate the possibility of using recycled water for parks,
traffic medians and other public locations.
Adopted - September 20, 1960
Amended - October 26, 1976
Amended - February:i9, 1981
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