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
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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
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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.
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ATTEST:
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APPROVED AS TO FORM:
Stephen P. Deitsch
City Attorney
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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
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