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HomeMy WebLinkAbout7088 RESOLUTION NO. 7088 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ARCADIA, CALIFORNIA, CONCERNING RESTRICTIONS ON OUTDOOR IRRIGATION AND PROHIBITED WATER USES WHEREAS, on January 17, 2014, Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. declared a drought State of Emergency to exist in California due to severe drought conditions; and WHEREAS, on July 15, 2014, California's State Water Resources Control Board (the "State Board") adopted emergency drought regulations to support water conservation that was set to expire on April 25, 2015; and WHEREAS, the State Board has found that drought conditions are continuing; and WHEREAS, the State Board adopted a resolution on March 17, 2015, to renew the 2014 emergency drought regulations, to require urban water suppliers to implement certain additional water conservation measures, and to prohibit certain water uses by end-users; and WHEREAS, the newly adopted State Board regulations require that the City of Arcadia (the "City") restrict the number of days per week potable water can be used for outdoor irrigation or to obtain the State Board's approval to implement an alternate water shortage contingency plan that includes allocation-based rate structures that will achieve a level of conservation superior to limiting outdoor irrigation to two days per week; and WHEREAS, the Arcadia Municipal Code currently allows outdoor watering of lawn, landscape, or other turf areas 3 days per week, limited to Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday; and 1 WHEREAS, because of the drought conditions prevailing in the City and in the areas of this State and elsewhere from which the City obtains its water supplies, the City Council recognizes the need to implement additional water conservation measures to prevent waste, and to prevent unreasonable use or unreasonable method of use of water, in the interest of the people of the City and for purposes of the public welfare; and WHEREAS, the City adopted Ordinance No. 2327 on April 7, 2015, to include additional new requirements to the City's existing Phase I water use restrictions of the Mandatory Water Conservation Plan; and WHEREAS, Ordinance No. 2327 provided that additional restrictions and conservation measures may be adopted from time to time by resolution of the City Council and shall become effective upon their adoption. NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ARCADIA, CALIFORNIA, DOES HEREBY FIND, DETERMINE AND RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. Notwithstanding subsection (i) of Section 7553.7.1 of Division 3, Part 5, Chapter 5 of Article VII of the Arcadia Municipal Code, no lawn, landscape, or other turf areas shall be watered or irrigated more than 2 days per week, or such other number of days as the City Council may prescribe by resolution from time to time. The two days per week shall be Tuesday and Saturday or such other days as the City Council may prescribe by resolution from time to time. Furthermore, outdoor watering of lawn, landscape or other turf areas shall be limited to no more than 10 minutes per station on each day allowed for such watering. Notwithstanding the foregoing, upon written application to and approval by the City's Public Works Services Director, an 2 owner of property used primarily for commercial, industrial or institutional purposes may irrigate lawn, landscape or other turf areas of such property such number of days per week as approved by the Public Works Services Director if such owner provides evidence, to the satisfaction of the Public Works Services Director, that the owner has reduced overall bi-monthly water use for such property by at least twenty-five percent (25%) from the same bi-monthly period in 2013, or by such other measurement of reduction adopted by resolution of the City Council from time to time. SECTION 2. The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption of this Resolution. Passed, approved and adopted this 15th day of September , 2015. ,iii ri _ ATTEST: 1A yo �• the Cit o Arcadia lerk APPROVED AS TO FORM: Stephen P. Deitsch City Attorney 3 STATE OF CALIFORNIA ) COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ) SS: CITY OF ARCADIA ) I, GENE GLASCO, City Clerk of the City of Arcadia, hereby certifies that the foregoing Resolution No. 7088 was passed and adopted by the City Council of the City of Arcadia, signed by the Mayor and attested to by the City Clerk at a regular meeting of said Council held on the 15th day of September, 2015 and that said Resolution was adopted by the following vote, to wit: AYES: Council Member Beck, Chandler, Tay, Wuo and Kovacic NOES: None ABSENT: None Clerk of the City of Arcadia 4