2 rules for unincorporated El Dorado County, California.
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El Dorado County's Oak Resources Conservation Ordinance (Ordinance 5061, implementing Chapter 130.39 of the Zoning Ordinance and the Oak Resources Management Plan) requires a permit for removal of any native oak tree with a single trunk of at least 6 inches diameter at breast height (dbh) or multiple trunks aggregating at least 10 inches dbh, with limited exceptions. Personal-use removal of up to 8 oaks per parcel per year, total not to exceed 140 inches dbh, is exempt from mitigation. Healthy oaks documented as hazardous (by an ISA-certified arborist or insurance company) are exempt. Penalties include fines up to three times the replacement value plus mandatory replanting.
Most of unincorporated El Dorado County's foothill population is served by El Dorado Irrigation District (EID), which sets watering-day rules by season under its water shortage contingency plan. South Lake Tahoe and the Tahoe Basin are served by South Tahoe Public Utility District (STPUD) and Tahoe Keys Water Company. EID's standard schedule allows once-per-week irrigation Nov 16-Apr 15, twice-per-week Apr 16-Jun 15 and Sep 16-Nov 15, and three-times-per-week Jun 16-Sep 15, with even-numbered addresses on Sun (and Wed/Fri) and odd-numbered on Sat (and Tue/Thu). Irrigation is recommended between 7 p.m. and 10 a.m. and must be turned off during and 48 hours after measurable rainfall. Authority is California Water Code Section 350 et seq.
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