HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinances - No. 1105ORDINANCE NO. 1105
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AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF LODl ESTABLISHING WATER
CONSERVATION MEASURES AND DECLARING THE SAME TO BE
AN URGENCY ORDINANCE.
Section 1. Declaration of Urgency.
The City Council of the City of Lodi does hereby find that due
to drought conditions that have prevailed in the past and are preser..ly continuing,
there is a shortage of water for use of the inhabitants of the City of Lodi; that
the shortage of said water supply drastically impairs the necessary requirements
of water for public health, fire fighting and domestic use; that this ordinance is
being enacted in order to reduce the wasting of water by the users of the ground
water supply of the City of Lodi with the overall goal being to reduce water
consumption by :at least 3.0% of the ave~~ge,~d~~l)DfusedoE the users of said
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Section 2.
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notice thereof is given shall make the person subject to the provisions of this
Waste of Water Prohibited.
ordinance.
Section 3. Definition of Waste of Water.
Waste of water includes but is not limited to the following:
1. Failure to repair a controllable leak of water.
2. The watering of lawns, flower beds or gardens between the
hours of 1O:OO a.m. and 7:OO p.m., provided further, however,
that the watering of lawns, flower beds and gardens shall take
place only on:
a. premises having odd house numbers on Monday,
Wednesday, Friday and Sunday;
b. on premises having even numbers on Tuesday, Thursday,
Saturday and Sunday.
3. Washing of sidewalks, driveways, parking areas, tennis courts,
patios, or other exterior paved areas except when required to
remove any spillage of substances that may be a danger to
public health or safety.
4. Washing with water any motor vehicles, trailers or movable
equipment other than with bucket and rinsing said vehicle or
equipment by use of a hose for not more than 3 minutes.
5. The excess watering of any area so that water flows into a
gutter or drainage area for a period exceeding 5 minutes.
Section 4. Water Rates When Water Is Wasted.
Whenever the City becomes aware of a person wasting water, then
the City shall deliver a written notice to the person at the premises where the
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waste of water occurs and, in the event that no person is present, then the
notice of the wasting of the wdter shall be left at the premises and a copy of
said notice shall be mailed to the person who is regularly billed for the use of
water at the premises.
This notice may be an addendum to the monthly utility bill. The
notice may also be given to any other person known to the City who is responsible
for the wasting of water or the correction thereof.
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1. Said notice shall describe the wasting of water; order
that it be corrected, cured or abated immediately or within
such specified time as the City believes is reasonable under
the circumstances.
2. In the event of second similar wasting of water, then a
like notice as described in Paragraph 1 above shall be served
and delivered and there shall be added to the next regular
monthly bill of the premises, a charge of $25 for the use
of said wasted water.
3. A third similar wasting of water by said person shall result
in an additional charge for said use of $50.
4. A fourth similar wasting of water by said person shall result
in an additional charge for said use of $100, and the City
may also require the person to pay the cost of a meter
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Section 5. Water Meter May Be Required.
In the event that any domestic,commercial or industrial user of the
City water supply wastes water, whether or not said waste falls within the
definition of Section 3, notice of acts constituting such wastes shall be given
to the users.
the City may disconnect the said service and require the installation of a meter
Upon failure to correct the said wasting of water after notice, then
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at the expense of the customer prior to the resumption of the service.
addition, said user shall pay a reconnection fee of $100.
Section 6.
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Waiver of Strict Application of Ordinance.
If in the opinion of the Public Works Director the public health
or safety or an unnecessary or undue hardship may be suffered by the strict
application of any of the provisions of this ordinance, the Public Works Director
may waive a strict application of any of the provisions of this ordinance.
decision of the Public Works Director may be appealed to the City Council.
Section 7. Violation Declared an Infraction.
The
In addition to the surcharge hereinabove set forth for the wasting of
water, any person who wastes water, as waste of water is defined herein, may
also be charged with an infraction by the citation process established by the
City of Lodi.
Section 8. Effective Date of Ordinance.
By reason of the emergency found to exist by the City Council of
the City of Lodi in Section 1, this ordinance is hereby declared to be an urgency
measure and shall take effect immediately.
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Section 9.
City of Lodi in conflict herewith and shall remain in effect until the City Council
This ordinance shall supersede any other ordinance or regulation of the
declares that the water shortage emergency has ended.
Section 10. This ordinance shall be published one time in the"Lodi News Sentinel,"
a daily newspaper of general circulation, printed and published in the City of
Lodi .
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The foregoing ordinance was introduced and adopted as an
emergency ordinance by a four-fifths (4/5) vote of the City Council in
a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Lodi held on the 20thday
of April, 1977 by the following vote:
Ayes:
Noes: None
Councilmen Efhrhardt, Hughes, Pinkerton, Katzakian
and Mayor Katnich
Absent: None
Approved this 20th day of April 1977
WALTEW J. KATNICH
Mayor
ATTEST: /” !AhilEs B. S~HROEDER
;Deputy City Clerk i/
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