HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution No. UB-3-14RESOLUTION NO. UB -3-14
A RESOLUTION OF THE UTILITY BOARD/CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF AZUSA, CALIFORNIA, TO AMEND WATER RULE NO. 21
SECTION A — DEFINITIONS
WHEREAS, Water Rule No. 21 was adopted via Resolution No. 08-C82 as part of Azusa
Light & Water Rules and Regulations effective September 1, 2008; and
WHEREAS, Water Rule No. 21 sets forth water use restrictions for water customers during
drought declarations; and
WHEREAS, Water Rule No. 21 sets forth restrictions on watering lawns, landscapes and
other turf areas during phases of drought declaration; and
WHEREAS, residential customers watering days are limited and designated based on even
or odd street address numbers during phases of drought declaration; and
WHEREAS, using the street numbers to enforce water use restrictions may be unclear for
some large residential complexes and homeowner associations where the owner(s) may be
responsible for landscaped areas that cover more than one street with both even and odd street
numbers; and
WHEREAS, the current Water Rule No. 21 defines a "Residential Water User" as "water
customers that pay for water service to their individual residential dwelling unit and any water user
that owns or manages residential property for rent or lease including homeowner associations"; and
WHEREAS, the current Water Rule No. 21 defines a "Commercial and Public Agency
Water User" as "(1) any water user or customer conducting business, either retail, commercial, or
industrial; and (2) any water user that is a public or governmental entity, such as the state
government, school district, community college, the county, city or municipal government, or special
district"; and
WHEREAS, amending the definitions of "Residential Water User" and "Commercial and
Public Agency Water User" will clarify the restrictions on watering lawns, landscapes and other turf
areas during phases of drought declaration for residential property managers and homeowner
associations;
NOW, THEREFORE, THE UTILITY BOARD/CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF AZUSA,
DOES HEREBY RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Amendment of Water Rule No. 21 Section A - Definitions. The Utility
Board/City Council herby adopts amendment to Water Rule No. 21 Section
A - Definitions as part of the Azusa Light & Water Rules and Regulations as
set forth in Exhibit "A" which is attached to this resolution and made a part
hereof.
SECTION 2. Effective Date. The amendment to Azusa Light & Water Rules and
Regulations shall become effective May 1, 2014.
PASSED APPROVED and ADOPTED, this 28`h day of April, 2014.
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Aoseph Romero Rocha
Mayor
ATTEST:
Seff e ce Cornejo,
City Clerk
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ) ss.
CITY OF AZUSA )
I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing Resolution No. UB -3-14 was duly adopted by the Utility
Board/City Council of the City of Azusa at a regular meeting of the Azusa Light & Water Utility
Board on the 28th day of April, 2014 by the following vote of the Board/Council:
AYES: BOARD/COUNCILMEMBERS: GONZALES, CARRILLO, MACIAS,
ALVAREZ,ROCHA
NOES: BOARD/COUNCILMEMBERS: NONE
of c Cornejo,
Secretary/City Clerk
EXHIBIT "A"
Proposed Changes to Water Rule No. 21, Section A - Definitions
Changes to take effect May 1, 2014, text to be deleted is highlighted in strikeeuf.
Changes to take effect May 1, 2014, text to be added is highlighted in underline.
Text that is not highlighted is current and is being provided for context and reference.
AMENDMENT OF
WATER RULE NO. 21
WATER CONSERVATION
A. DEFINITIONS:
The following words, terms and phrases, shall have the meanings ascribed to them under this
Rule, except where the context clearly indicates a different meaning:
Commercial and public agency water user includes: (1) any water user or customer
conducting business, either retail, commercial, or industrial; and (2) any water user that is a
public or governmental entity, such as the state government, school district, community
college, the county, city or municipal government, or special district; and (3) any water user
that owns and manages residential property, including HOAs, where the property has both
odd and even numbered street addresses.
Excess runoff: means water accumulation on streets, gutters, neighboring properties or
other surfaces in an amount sufficient to cause flow.
Residential water user: means water customers that pay for water service to their
individual residential dwelling unit and any water user that owns and manages residential
property with only odd or even (not both) numbered street address(s) for rent or lease
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Upper basin: means the underground aquifer located in the city of Azusa north of Sierra
Madre.
Water user: means any person, customer or property served within the incorporated
boundaries of the city and the area outside the city boundary served by the city water utility.
Water utility: means Azusa Light & Water's water utility.