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ST. GEORGE — With little comment, the Santa Clara City Council passed extensive water conservation and landscaping additions to its zoning codes that, among other items, limit the size of lawn areas at new homes, place water limits on new car washes and golf courses, ban certain plants and trees and prohibit irrigation with drinkable water from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m., from June to August.
The unanimous vote took place during the council's Wednesday night meeting, and the new ordinance follows much of model ordinances put together by the Washington County Water Conservancy and other local cities during November's water summit.
City planner Jim McNulty said Santa Clara is the first Washington County city to adopt new water codes based on the conservancy's model ordinance in response to the drought, though he noted St. George's restrictions on car washes passed earlier in the month and said Washington City has their ordinance on an upcoming agenda.
The council had temporary drought restrictions that were in effect since last year.
The discussion of the new ordinance lasted six minutes of the council's Wednesday meeting, though the council also briefly discussed the new ordinance during the last two meetings and the Santa Clara Planning Commission held a public hearing on Feb. 10.
"We've been working on this for several months," McNulty told the council. "We think it's ready to go."
Read the full article at St. George News.
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