20.12.080 Soil management report.
The soil management report shall be prepared by a licensed landscape architect, licensed civil engineer or licensed architect and contain the information described in subsections (A) and (B) of this section. The soil management report shall be based on site conditions after grading operations have been completed. The soil management report information shall either be submitted as one of the sheets in the planting plan set or as a separate document.
A. An analysis of the soil for the proposed landscape area of the project covering information about soil texture, soil infiltration rate, pH, total soluble salts, plant sodium, percent organic matter and horticultural suitability.
B. Recommendations for soil amendments that may be necessary to allow healthy plant survival and growth in the landscape area using efficient irrigation techniques.
C. In projects with multiple landscape installations (i.e., production home developments), a soil sampling rate of one in seven lots or approximately 15 percent will satisfy this requirement. Large landscape projects shall sample at a rate equivalent to one in seven lots. (Ord. 3357 § 1, 2015; Ord. 3146 § 1 (Exh. A), 2009).