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Texas
SmartScape
To learn more about Texas SmartScape in your landscape, the City is
offering seminars this Summer.
 Seminar
Schedule
Smart Yard of the Week Contest Starts
Memorial Day
The contest recognizes
Arlington residents and businesses who use native and adaptive
plants, flowers and trees that require less water, pesticides and
fertilizer to thrive in the dry, hot North Texas climate.
Press
Release
Texas
SmartScape
Drought Status Update
Due to recent rainfall the Tarrant Regional Water
District has terminated Stage 1 - Excessive Demand Conditions of the
Drought Contingency Plan. Although reservoirs levels have
risen, both the City of Arlington and the TRWD encourage residents
to continue conserving water. Remember, Watering is
Nixed Ten to Six year-round.
TRWD Drought Status
City Council Approves Amendments to Lawn and
Landscape Irrigation Requirements
Watering
Nixed Ten to Six Year-Round
Effective Saturday, December 23, 2006 the City will implement
year-round watering restrictions. Except for hand watering and
the use of soaker hoses, it shall be unlawful for any person to
irrigate, water, or cause or permit the irrigation or watering of any
lawn or landscape located on premises owned, leased, or managed by
that person between the hours of 10:00AM and 6:00PM.
Rain
and Freeze Sensor Requirements
(1) Effective January 1, 2007 all irrigation systems
installed within the City must be equipped with rain and freeze
sensors in number and type established and published by the Director of Utilities.
This requirement applies to all commercial and
residential properties.
(2) Any irrigation system installed before January 1, 2007, may not be
operated after March 4, 2007 without being equipped with rain and
freeze sensors in number and type established and published by the
Director of Utilities. This
retrofitting requirement does not apply to a
single family residential or duplex property, or an individually metered townhome or condominium unit.
The above amendments were approved by City Council on November 28,
2006. Violations of the ordinance can result in fines up to
$500.
Ordinance 06-109
(pdf)
Approved Rain and
Freeze Sensor List (pdf)
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