CC RESOLUTION 27819 RESOLUTION NO. 2781
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF EL SEGUNDO, CALIFORNIA, MAKING
FINDINGS AS A PREREQUISITE TO MODIFI-
CATIONS TO THE PLUMBING CODE.
WHEREAS, the City Council on May 17, 1977 introduced
an ordinance, entitled:
"AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF EL SEGUNDO,
CALIFORNIA, AMENDING CHAPTER 16.12 (PLUMB-
ING CODE) OF THE EL SEGUNDO MUNICIPAL CODE
BY ADDING SECTION 16.12.340 RELATING TO
WATER CONSERVATION FIXTURES. "; and
WHEREAS, said Ordinance proposes to adopt certain
requirements for water conservation fixtures, and
WHEREAS, Section 17958.7 of the Health and Safety
Code of the State of California requires that the City Council,
before making any changes or modifications, make an express
finding that such changes are needed; and
WHEREAS, Section 17958.5 of the Health and Safety
Code provides that the City Council may make such changes or
modifications if the City Council determines that such changes
or modifications are reasonably necessary because of local
conditions.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF EL
SEGUNDO, CALIFORNIA, DOES HEREBY RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS:
'SECTION 1. That the City Council finds that the changes
or modifications in that certain ordinance, entitled:
"AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF EL SEGUNDO,
CALIFORNIA, AMENDING CHAPTER 16.12 (PLUMB-
ING CODE) OF THE EL SEGUNDO MUNICIPAL CODE
BY ADDING SECTION 16.12.340 RELATING TO
WATER CONSERVATION FIXTURES. ";
are reasonably necessary because of local conditions for the
following reasons:
(a) There is a severe water shortage in Southern
California as a result of the diversion of water from the California
Water Plan from Southern California to Northern California;
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(b) The drought conditions may be of a prolonged nature
and it is essential that new construction use water conservation
fixtures as such fixtures may be more easily and less expensively
installed in new construction than by the conversion of existing
construction; and
(c) The Director of Housing and Community Development
Sand the International Association of Plumbing and Mechanical
Officials have not taken cognizance of the drought conditions
in the standards that they have approved and promulgated.
SECTION 2. The City Clerk is directed to forward
certified copies of this resolution together with a certified
copy of that certain ordinance entitled:
"AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF EL SEGUNDO,
CALIFORNIA, AMENDING CHAPTER 16.12 (PLUMB-
ING CODE) OF THE EL SEGUNDO MUNICIPAL CODE
BY ADDING SECTION 16.12.340 RELATING TO
WATER CONSERVATION FIXTURES. ",
when the same has been adopted to:
1. The Governor.
2. The Director of Housing and Community Development.
3. The Attorney General.
4. The Senator, 27th District.
5. The Assemblywoman, 51st District.
6. The League of California Cities.
SECTION 3. The City Clerk shall certify to the passage
and adoption of this resolution; shall enter the same in the
book of original resolutions of said city; and shall make a
minute of the passage and adoption thereof in the records of
the proceedings of the City Council of said city, in the minutes
of the meeting at which the same is passed and adopted.
PASSED, APPROVED and ADOPTED this 7th day of
June , 1977.
ATTEST:
City Clerk
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Mayor of the City of E1 Segundo,
California
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES )
CITY OF EL SEGUNDO )
I, Valerie A. Burrowes
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City Clerk of the
City of El Segundo, California, DO HEREBY CERTIFY that the
whole number of members of the City Council of the said City
is five; that the foregoing Resolution, being Resolution No. 27,01
was duly passed and adopted by the said City Council, approved
and signed by the Mayor of said City, and attested by the City
Clerk of said City, all at a regular meeting of the said Council
held on the 7th day of June 1977
and that the same was so passed and adopted by the following vote:
AYES: Councilmen Bue, Nadel, Rockhold,
Y= 3Zrww lcn and Mayor Rai m car
NOES: Councilmen
ABSENT: Councilmen None.
WITNESS MY HAND AND THE OFFICIAL SEAL OF SAID
CITY this 10th day of June 1977
(SEAL)
City Clerk
of the City of El Segundo, California
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