HomeMy WebLinkAboutReso - CC - 046-1988RESOLUTION NO. 46-88
DECLARATION OF WATER EMERGENCY AND
ESTABLISHING RULES AND REGULATIONS
WHEREAS the rain and snowfall is below normal for the
second consecutive year in the areas supplying water to the San
Francisco Water System; and
WHEREAS the San Francisco Public Utility Commission has
declared a Water Shortage Emergency and rationed water to the
City of Burlingame which receives all of its water from the San
Francisco system; and
WHEREAS members of the public have been given an oppor-
tunity to express their views;
NOW, THEREFORE, be it resolved that the City Council hereby
declares a Water Shortage Emergency; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT the rationing plan described in
Exhibit A is hereby adopted and becomes effective on June 1,
1988.
I, JUDITH A. MALFATTI, City Clerk of the City of Burlin-
game, certify that the foregoing Resolution was introduced at a
regular meeting of the City Council held on the 16th day of
May 1988 , and was adopted thereafter by the follow-
ing vote:
AYES: COUNCILMEN: AMSTRUP, BARTON, LEMBI, MANGINI, PAGLIARO
NOES: COUNCILMEN: NONE
ABSENT: COUNCILMEN: NONE
Deputy Citif Clerk
EXHIBIT A
WATER RATIONING PLAN
RESOLUTION NO. 46-88
1. The following allocations of water shall apply during the
water shortage emergency and reductions shall apply to similar
calendar periods for 1987.
Classification
Reductions
June 1 - Nov. 30 Dec. 1 --May 31
Single Family Residential 30% 15%
Multi -Family Residential 20% 10%
and Food -Related Comm.
Commercial and Industrial 25% 25%
Governmental Agencies 25% 25%
Irrigation and Outside Usage 50% 50%
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:
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
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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 service 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 cars, buses, boats,
trailers or other vehicles, or washing building struc-
tures or parts thereof, or any similar purpose, it shall
have a positive shut off valve.
(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.
(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 condi-
tions of this resolution are met, provided no residential
landscaping shall be installed during the water shortage.
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(j) Construction water for consolidation of backfill and
other non-domestic uses shall be denied if other methods
of water sources can be used.
(k) No new residential irrigation services shall be per-
mitted, and additional water shall not be allowed for
expansion of existing irrigation facilities.
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 water use figures, such as
100 gallons per person per day for residential.
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