Menifee MMC Ch. 15.04 (Landscape Water Use Efficiency) requires that native plants, naturalized plants, and low-water-use plant species be specified for most landscaped areas. It implements California's MWELO (23 CCR §490 et seq.) — meaning new and rehabilitated landscapes at or above the MWELO area threshold must meet a Maximum Applied Water Allowance budget, use plants matched to the WUCOLS low/very-low categories, and submit Landscape Documentation Packages stamped by a California-licensed landscape architect.
Ch. 15.04 references an average irrigation efficiency of 0.71 used in calculating the Maximum Applied Water Allowance (MAWA), and requires smart (weather-based) irrigation controllers on landscaped areas. Planting plans must be prepared by a California-licensed landscape architect. New construction landscapes ≥500 sq ft (MWELO state minimum, may be higher locally) and rehabilitated landscapes ≥2,500 sq ft trigger full MWELO documentation per 23 CCR §492.3. WUCOLS-IV (Water Use Classification of Landscape Species) is the reference plant-water-needs guide. Cal. Civil Code §4735 prohibits any HOA from banning low-water-using plants as turf replacements, and prohibits HOA fines for letting lawns brown during a declared drought emergency — overriding restrictive HOA CC&Rs. Cal. Government Code §65595 directs cities to update their landscape ordinance whenever DWR amends MWELO.
No MWELO Landscape Documentation Package submitted at building/landscape permit: permit hold or denial. Installed plant palette exceeding the MAWA: Certificate of Completion withheld until compliant. HOAs cannot fine residents for compliant native/low-water plantings (Cal. Civ. Code §4735).
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