Eastvale, CA Landscaping Rules: Native Plants (2026)

24 to implement the state's 2006 Water Conservation in Landscaping Act, sets a specific planting standard tied to invasive species rather than a general native-plant mandate. Sec. 070(9) requires that 'any plant species that has the potential of being considered invasive shall be avoided,' and singles out areas 'near parks, buffers, greenbelts, water bodies, conservation areas/reserves, and other open space areas' as the places where the risk of harming environmentally sensitive land is highest. The chapter's definitions section, Sec. , non-native plants) that adversely affect the habitats they invade economically, environmentally, or ecologically,' and incorporates by reference the invasive-species lists maintained under the Western Riverside County and Coachella Valley Multiple Species Habitat Conservation Plans, meaning a landscape plan has to check those regional lists rather than rely on a locally drafted one.

Outside the water-efficiency ordinance, Eastvale's general landscaping standards for parking areas at Sec. 040(f)(4)d separately direct that 'drought tolerant species and native species to the state are to be used to the maximum extent possible over nondrought tolerant and nonnative species,' tying the native-species preference to water conservation rather than habitat protection. Communication facility landscaping under Sec. ' All three provisions require landscape and irrigation plans to be submitted to the community development director for review before installation.