HomeMy WebLinkAboutReso - CC - 048-1990RESOLUTION NO. 48-90
DECLARATION OF WATER EMERGENCY AND
ESTABLISHING RULES AND REGULATIONS
WHEREAS, the rain and snowfall is below normal
for the fourth consecutive year in the areas supplying
water to the San Francisco Water System; and
WHEREAS, the San Francisco Public Utility
Commission will declare a Water Shortage Emergency and
ration water to the City of Burlingame which receives all
of its water from the San Francisco system; and
NOW, THEREFORE, be it resolved that the City
Council hereby declares a Water Shortage Emergency; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT the water rationing
plan described in Exhibit A is hereby adopted and becomes
effective on May 8, 1990.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT if the San Francisco
Public Utility Commission does not declare a Water Shortage
Emergency and ration water to the City of Burlingame, then
this declaration and rationing plan is null and void.
MAYOR
I, JUDITH A. MALFATTI, City Clerk of the City of
Burlingame, certify that the foregoing Resolution was
introduced at a regular meeting of the City Council held on
the 7th day of May 1 1990 and was adopted
thereafter by the following vote:
AYES: COUNCILMEMBERS: BARTON, HARRISON, LEMBI, O'MAHONY, and
NOES: COUNCILMEMBERS: NONE PAGLIARO
ABSENT: COUNCILMEMBERS: NONE
9YCITY CLERK
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EXHIBIT A
WATER RATIONING PLAN
RESOLUTION NO. 48-90
1. The following allocations of water shall apply during
the water shortage emergency and reductions shall
apply to similar calendar periods for 1987. Any
unused allocation from one period will be added to
the following period.
Classification
Single Family Residential
Multi -Family Residential
and Food Related Comm.
Commercial & Industrial
Governmental Agencies
Reductions
June 1-Nov.30 Dec.1-Mav 31
30% 15%
20% 10%
25% 250
25% 250
Irrigation & Outside Usage 50% 500
2. Rate Schedules shall be as follows:
(a) Water Use in Excess of Allocation
1) Excess water consumption is all billing units
over allocation;
2) Excess use charge shall be two times the
regular unit charge for each unit in excess
of allocation, except no excess use charge
shall be applied to any customer using
3,000 gallons or less per month.
(b) Flow -restricting Devices. The City Manager may,
after one written warning, direct the
installation of a flow -restricting device on
the service line, of any customer observed by
City personnel to be violating any of the
regulations and/or exceeding water allocations
herein -above set forth.
Charges for installation and removal of flow -
restricting devices are as follows:
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Meter Size Installation Cost Removal Cost
5/8" to 1" $50.00 $25.00
1-1/2" To 2" $100.00 $50.00
3" and larger Actual Cost Actual Cost
First installation to be a minimum of three days, second
and last installation: ten days minimum. Actual cost shall
include all material, labor, equipment and overhead
charges.
C) Discontinuance of Water Service. Continued
water consumption in excess of the allocation
may result in the discontinuance of water
services by the Water Department. A charge of
twenty dollars shall be paid prior to
reactivating the service.
3. The following Regulations and Restrictions are
adopted:
(a) Broken or defective plumbing, sprinklers,
watering or irrigation systems which permit
the escape or leakage of water shall be
immediately repaired.
(b) Irrigation of lawns, gardens, playfields,
parks, median strips and landscaping of any
type shall be reduced by 50%
(c) No use of water shall be allowed which results
in flooding or runoff in gutters, driveways or
streets.
(d) When a hose is used for washing building
structures or parts thereof, or any similar
purpose, it shall have a positive shut-off
valve. A hose shall not be used for washing
cars, buses, boats, trailers or other
vehicles.
(e) Restaurants shall serve water to customers
only upon request.
(f) No water shall be used to clean, fill or maintain
levels in decorative exterior fountains; interior
fountains must recirculate water.
(g) Sidewalks, walkways, driveways, patios,
parking lots, tennis courts or other hard -
surfaced areas shall not be cleaned using water
from hoses or by other use of water directly
from faucets or other outlets.
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(h) Draining and filling of any existing or new
swimming pools with city -supplied water shall
be prohibited.
(i) Service connections for new construction
incorporating water -saving devices shall be
granted as long as conditions of this reso-
lution are met, provided no new landscaping
shall be installed during the water shortage.
(j) construction for water consolidation of backfill
and other non-domestic uses shall be denied if
other methods or water sources can be used.
(k) No additional water shall be allowed for
expansion of existing irrigation facilities.
4. Exceptions:
(a) When considering exceptions, the Director of
Public Works may use the calendar year 1986
if the water use records show the customer
clearly conserved water in 1987 compared to
1986.
(b) If a customer does not have a 1987 record, then
the amount of. allocation shall be established
by considering similar uses and/or standard
use figures, such as a standard numbr of
gallons per person pr day for residential.
Adopted May 7, 1990