Menifee's Landscape Standards direct that native, naturalized, and low-water-use plants be specified for most landscaped areas, restrict turf grass to active-use areas, prohibit lawn in medians and public rights-of-way, and require preservation of native vegetation consistent with Riverside County Fire Department fuel-management rules.
Section 5 of the City of Menifee Landscape Standards (Landscape Planting Requirements) sets the city's plant-palette policy for development projects under MMC Chapter 15.04. Because of limited water supplies, the city stresses water-efficient landscapes: native plants, naturalized plants, and low-water-use species should be specified for most landscaped areas, and turf grass is limited to active-use areas only. Predominantly low-water-use plants must make up the majority of planting areas, plants must be grouped by horticultural requirements (water, soil, exposure) on matching irrigation circuits, and lawn is prohibited in street median islands, boulevards, public rights-of-way, and parking-lot planter islands. Native vegetation must be preserved wherever possible, consistent with County of Riverside Fire Department wildland vegetative fuel management requirements, and the city's stated goal for designated open space is to establish healthy native plant communities. The standards also require a minimum three-inch mulch layer, climate-appropriate non-invasive species, and minimum tree planting densities of 60 trees per acre in open space and greenbelt areas.
Landscape plans that rely on high-water or invasive species for the majority of planting areas are not approved under MMC Chapter 15.04 and the Landscape Standards. Removing protected native vegetation contrary to project conditions of approval can trigger replacement requirements and code enforcement.
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