HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution No. UB-10-2015RESOLUTION NO. UB -10-2015
A RESOLUTION OF THE UTILITY BOARD/CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF AZUSA, CALIFORNIA, TO AMEND WATER RULE NO. 21,
WATER CONSERVATION
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, with certain amendments
thereafter; and
WHEREAS, on April 1, 2015, Governor Brown issued an Executive Order mandating that
the State Water Resources Control Board impose a 25% state-wide reduction in urban water usage
from a 2013 baseline; and
WHEREAS, On April 18, the State Water Resources Control Board issued draft regulations
for implementing the Executive Order, which included a tier system for water reduction targets by
water agency ranged from 8% to 36%; and
WHEREAS, Azusa Light and Water must reduce water production by 20%; and
WHEREAS, increasing enforcement activities to achieve a 20% reduction requires a clearer
definition of "Commercial" water users in Water Rule No. 21, to include any multifamily residential
complexes of 2 or more units;
NOW, THEREFORE, THE UTILITY BOARD/CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF AZUSA,
DOES HEREBY RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Amendment of Section A of Water Rule No. 21, Water Conservation.
The Utility Board/City Council herby adopts the amended Section A of
Water Rule No. 21, Water Conservation 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 July 1, 2015.
PASSED, APPROVED and ADOPTED this 22nd day of June, 2015.
J seph Romero Rocha
oardmember/Mayor
ATTEST:
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ) ss.
CITY OF AZUSA )
I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing Resolution No. UB -10-2015 was duly adopted by
the Utility Board of the City of Azusa at a regular meeting thereof, held on the 22nd day of June,
2015, by the following vote of Board:
AYES: BOARDMEMBERS: ROCHA, MACIAS, GONZALES, CARRILLO, ALVAREZ
NOES: BOARDMEMBERS: NONE
ABSENT: BOARDMEMBERS: NONE
JeRrey1XawgWbCornejo,j7,
City Clerk/Secretary
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
Best Best Krieger, P
City Attorney
EXHIBIT A
WATER UTILITY WATER UTILITY
RULE NO. 21
WATER CONSERVATION
SECTION A — DEFINITIONS IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS EFFECTIVE JULY
1,2015:
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 water meter serves
landscaped areas commonly shared by multiple residential units.
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 or customers that pay for water service provided to single
dwelling units that are rented or leased.
Upper basin: means the underground aquifer located in the city of Azusa north of Siena
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.