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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrd 1921ORDINANCE NO. 1921 ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF BURLINGAME AMENDING CHAPTER 15.06 OF THE BURLINGAME MUNICIPAL CODE TO ADD ADDITIONAL PENALTIES AND ENFORCEMENT MECHANISMS FOR VIOLATION OF WATER SHORTAGE EMERGENCY RESTRICTIONS WHEREAS the City adopted provisions governing water shortage emergencies in 1988; and WHEREAS those provisions establish certain enforcement mechanisms; and WHEREAS the State of California is currently enduring a historic drought and cities across the State are required to meet certain water use reduction targets; and WHEREAS a review of the existing enforcement provisions for water shortage emergencies ndicates that additional enforcement mechanisms could increase compliance with water restrictions and make for more efficient regulation of water use; and NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council does hereby ordain as follows: DFJISION 1 Section 1: Burlingame Municipal Code Chapter 15.06 is hereby amended as follows: 1. Current Chapter 15.06, Water Short age Emergencies, is hereby amended in the identified sections below as follows: 15.06.060 Penalties for excess water consumption, A subsection (d) shall be added, as follows: (d) Fines and penalties as provided in Title 1 of this Code. Persons violating the provisions set forth in this Chapter may also be subject to the fines and penalties set forth in Title ] of this Code. ] 5.06.070 Enforcement. A sentence shall be added at the end of the existing text, as follows: In addition to the foregoing, the City Attorney, Code Complian ce Officer and their designees shall are authorized to enforce the provisions of this chapter through the mechanisms provided hi Title 1 of this Code. DIVISION 2: If any section, subsection, sentence, clause or phrase of this Ordinance is for any reason held to be invalid, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this Ordinance. The Council hereby declares that it would have adopted the Ordinance and each section, subsection, sentence, clause or phrase thereof, irrespective of the fact that any one or more sections, subsections, sentences, clauses or phrases be declared invalid. DIVISION 3: This Ordinance shall be published in a newspaper of general circulation in accordance with California Government Code Section 36933, published, and circulated in the City of Burlingame, and shall be in full force and effect thirty (30) days after its final passage. TERRY NAGEL, Mayor I, MEAGHAN NASSEL-SHEARER, City Clerk of the City of Burlingame, do hereby certify that the foregoing ordinance was introduced at a regular meeting of the City Council held on the 8th day of September, 2015 and adopted thereafter at a regular meeting of the City :1h IA eon the 21st day PC b , 2015, by Al following vote: AYES: Councilmembers: Brownrigg, Keighran, Nagel, Ortiz, Root NOES: Councilmembers: None ABSENT: Councilmembers: None MEAGHAN NASSEL-SHEARER, City