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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.
The cost of transmitting water to Southern California will increase
dramatically during the next decade due to the increased cost of oil in
the conveyance process. Anticipating this cost increase, it shall be
the policy of the City of Newport Beach to encourage conservation of
water throughout the City and to develop methods whereby the City, its
citizens, businessmen and homeowner associations can reduce their con-
sumption of water.
Suggested methods include, but are not limited to, the following:
1) Select landscape materials from a list of drought resistant
shrubs, trees and ground covers and use them as extensively
as possible in parks, parkways, traffic medians and around
public buildings.
2) Encourage the use of solid materials (concrete, brick, etc.)
in traffic islands, parkways and other locations in order to
reduce water - consuming areas. Care should be taken, however,
to provide ample tree wells in parkways when solid materials
are used.
3) Reduce to an acceptable minimum the amount of water that is
applied to lawns, ground covers, paseos and greenbelts, but
giving care to the deep water that is required by trees.
4) Give greater consideration to soil conditioning and be sure
that soils are properly 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.
Drip irrigation systems should be installed whenever possible.
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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 watering 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 9, 1981
Amended November 14, 1983