Soil Resource Plan (aka Drawing A Line In The Caliche}
One of the new requirements in the 2018 Article X amendments placed on new developments is the provision for a soil resource plan. This plan is essentially a map showing zones of general soil types, quality, compaction, and other factors considered for planting and preserving trees. It is designed to reveal zones reserved for development from those for landscaping. And for the landscape areas, the plan will reveal how each zone is either protected from construction or restored from the heavy compaction of most development impact areas. Our goal is for the contractor to have a recognition and a plan to identify the areas on a building site where a healthy tree will grow on the development site with or without soil preparation. Let's go over the process for this document. We will address the soil resource assessment later. (b) Soil areas. Except as provided in this section, required landscape areas must include the following: (1) Soil resource plan . A soil res