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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrd 1101ORDINANCE N0. 1101 AN ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING RULES AND REGULATIONS FOR A WATER SHORTAGE EMERGENCY AND ESTABLISHING PENALTIES FOR VIOLATIONS THEREOF The CITY COUNCIL of the City of Burlingame does ORDAIN as follows: Section 1. Chapter 15.06 is hereby added to the Burlingame Municipal Code to read as follows: "CHAPTER 15.06 WATER SHORTAGE EMERGENCIES 15.06.010 Implementation of Chapter 1. The provisions of this chapter shall be implemented only upon adoption by the City Council of a declaration that a water shortage emergency condition prevails pursuant to California Water Code Sections 350 et seq. 2. The provisions of this chapter shall be of no further force or effect when the City Council determines that a water shortage emergency condition no longer exists. 15.06.020 Definitions For the purposes of this chapter. the following terms, phrases, words and their derivations shall have the meaning given herein: (a) 'Water Department' is the Burlingame Municipal Water System. (b) 'Customer' is any person using water supplied by the Burlingame Water Department. (c} rector' is the Director of Public blorks of the City of Burlingame. (d) 'Person' is any person, firm, partnership, corporation, company or organization of any kind. (e) 'Unit of water' is 1,000 gallons of water. (fi) 'Water' is water from the Water Department. 3/17/77 4/5/77 -1- l6 /7:' (g) 'Water shortage emergency' means a water shortage emergency condition declared by the City Council pursuant to Sections 305 et seq. of the Water Cade. 15.06.030 Renulations and Restrictions 1. Broken or defective plumbing, sprinklers, watering or irrigation systems which permit the escape or leakage of adater shall be repaired immediately. 2. Irrigation of lawns, gardens, playfields, parks, median strips, golf courses, cemeteries and landscaping of any type shall be reduced fifty per cent (50%) as compared to the same billing period during the calendar year 1976. 3. No new irrigation services will be permitted and additional water will not be allowed for expansion of existing irrigation facilities. 4. No use of water shall be allowed which results in flooding or runoff in gutters, driveways or streets. 5. A hose shall not be used for washing cars, buses, boats, trailers or other vehicles, nor for washing building structures or parts thereof. 6. Filling of any existing or new swimming pools is prohibited. 7. 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. 8. Service connections far new construction incorporating water saving devices may be granted as long as conons of this chapter are met, provided no landscaping shall be installed during a water shortage emergency. 9. fVo water shall be used to clean, fill or maintain levels in decorative fountains. 10. Restaurants shall serve water to customers only on request. -2- 11. Construction water for consolidation of backfill and other non-domestic uses shall be denied if other methods of water sources can be used. 15.06.040 Allocations The following allocations of water shall apply during any water shortage emergency: 1. SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL AND MULTIPLE UNIT CUSTOMERS. A twenty-eight per cent (28%) reduction in the quantity of water delivered bi-monthly as compared to similar calendar periods for 1976. The minimum allocation shall be two thousand five hundred (2,500) gallons per bi-monthly billing period. 2. NON-RESIDENTIAL CUSTOMERS. (a) Industrial customers using process water to manufacture, alter, convert, clean, heat or cool a product, including water used in laundries and recycled car wash facilities, shall reduce their consumption by twenty-eight per cent (28%) as compared to similar calendar billing periods for 1976. (b) Industrial, commercial (including non -recycled car wash facilities) and governmental agency customers shall reduce non -process water consumption by twenty-eight per cent (28%) as compared to similar calendar billing periods for 1976. 3, IRRIGATION AND OUTSIDE WATER USAGE CUSTOMERS. Irrigation of lawns, gardens, playfields, parks, median strips, golf courses, ,cemeteries and landscaping of any type shall be reduced fifty per cent (50%) as compared to the same billing period during the calendar year 1976. 15.06.050 Exceptions Consideration for exceptions regarding allocations of water or -3- any of the regulations and restrictions set forth herein shall be as follows: 1. Written applications for exceptions shall be made to the City of Burlingame Water Department, 501 Primrose Road, Burlingame, California 94010. 2. Each application shall be reviewed and determined by the Director. Denials of applications may be appealed to the City Council, whose decision shall be final. 3. The only grounds for granting such application are: (a) Undue hardship to the applicant, including adverse economic impacts such as loss of production or jobs. (b) A condition affecting the health, sanitation or safety of the applicant or the general public. Prior to granting permission for an exception, the Director must be satisfied that all practical water conservation measures have been adopted by the applicant. 15.06.060 Rate Schedules for Water Service Customers 1. WATER USE (b) Excess Use Charge: unit cost plus $1.00 for IN EXCESS OF ALLOCATION. (a) Excess Water Consumption: all billing units over allocation. each unit in excess of allocation. The excess water use charge shall not be applied to any customer using two (2) units or less per month. 2. FLOW RESTRICTING DEVICES. The City Pianager 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 hereabove set forth. Charges for installation and removal of flow restricting devices are as follows: Meter Size Installation Cost Removal Cost 5/8" to 1" $25.00 $25.00 1-1/2" to 2" $50.00 $50.00 3" and larger Actual Cost Actual Cost First installation to be a minimum of 3 days, second and last installation - 10 days minimum. Actual cost shall include all material, labor, equipment and overhead. charges. 3. DISCOPJTINUANCE 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 $20.00 shall be paid prior to reactivating the service. 15.06.070 Enforcement The Director, all employees of the Water Department, Public Works Department and Fire Department have the duty and are authorized to enforce the provisions of this chapter and shall have all the powers and authority contained in California Penal Code Section 836.5, including the power to issue written notices to appear. Section 2. URGEiJCY CLAUSE. It is hereby declared that this ordinance is an .ordinance for the immediate preservation of the public peace, safety, health. and welfare, and is an urgency measure as provided by law, and shall take effect upon its passage, The facts constituting such urgency are as follows: The continuing drought in the State of California has cause extensive water shortages, particularly within the service area of the San Francisco Water Department, to the extent that a twenty-five per cent (25) reduction of water usage has been mandated upon this City and corresponding restrictions are necessary upon water users of the City. Section 3. This ordinance shall be published as required by law. /"Mayor -5- ity Clerk -6- I, EVELYN H. HILL, City Clerk of the City of Burlingame, do hereby certify that the foregoing Urgency Ordinance was introduced at a regular ma.nting of the Ci;`v Council held on the 21st day of March, 1977, and was adopted thereafter at an adjourned regular meeting of the City Council held on the 6th day of April, 1977, by the following four-fifths vote: AYES: COUNCILMEN: AMSTRUP, CROSBY, HARRISON, MANGINI, MARTIN NOES: COUNCILMEN: NONE ABSENT: COUNCILMEN: NONE ity Clerk -6-