ORDINANCE 1180ORDINANCE NO. 1180
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF EL
SEGUNDO DECLARING A CONTINUANCE OF THE WATER SHORTAGE
EMERGENCY, RESCINDING CITY MANDATORY WATER CONSERVATION
ORDINANCE NO. 1160 AND ADOPTING THE CITY VOLUNTARY
WATER CONSERVATION ORDINANCE.
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF EL SEGUNDO does ordain
as follows:
Section 1. Purpose and Scope.
The City of E1 Segundo (hereinafter called City) receives
all of its potable (drinking) water supplies from the West Basin
Municipal Water District (hereinafter called WBMWD) which
District receives all of its potable water supplies from The
Metropolitan Water District of Southern California (hereinafter
called MWD). In February 1991 WBMWD and MWD respectively
declared water shortage emergencies and adopted mandatory water
conservation programs which required a 20% reduction in usage of
non - interruptible municipal and industrial water supplies. The
City of E1 Segundo as a 100% user of non - interruptible treated
municipal and industrial water supplies from MWD and WBMWD was
required to adopt a conservation program similar to that of MWD
and WBMWD. On 3/10/92 MWD changed the level of required
conservation to a 10% mandatory level effective 3/1/92.
On 3/27/92 MWD changed the 10% conservation requirement from that
of a mandatory program to that of a voluntary program.
Section 2. Findings.
The Council does hereby find, determine and declare as
follows:
a. The City did on 2/19/91 adopt a Mandatory Water
Conservation Program as Ordinance No. 1160 effective that date
that established a mandatory level of conservation at 20% below
the baseline period of 1989 -90 as a requirement of WBMWD and MWD.
b. MWD on 3/10/92 changed the level of mandatory water
conservation to 10% of the 1989 -90 baseline period and
accordingly allocated an increased supply of water to the WBMWD.
C. MWD on 3/27/92 changed the mandatory conservation
program to that of a voluntary program at a level of 10% below
the 1989 -90 baseline year usage.
d. WBMWD is proceeding to change their conservation
program.
e. The change in the level of Mandatory Water Conservation
by MWD and WBMWD from 20% to 10% of the 1989 -90 baseline and from
mandatory to voluntary permits the City to do likewise.
f. The change in the level of Mandatory Water Conservation
by MWD, WBMWD and the City to 10% of the 1989 -90 baseline on a
voluntary basis will not have any significant adverse
environmental impacts as disclosed by environmental documents
prepared and distributed as required by law. A Notice of
Categorical Exemption has been filed and is hereby adopted and
approved.
g. Ordinance No. 1160 is hereby rescinded and replaced by
this Ordinance.
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Section 3. Water Allotment.
The purpose of this Ordinance is to reduce the amount of
potable water consumed by City customers by a minimum of 10%
below the base year usage.
Section 4. Use Restriction Guidelines.
a. All water customers are required to adopt and put into
use at the earliest possible date drought water conservation
programs. Those customers whose consumption places them in the
100 largest quantity consumers of water on a 12 -month basis in
the City shall have filed under former Ordinance No. 1160 their
written conservation plans with the City. Such plans as accepted
by the City shall hereby be considered to be consistent with this
Ordinance other than the goal thereof shall be to conserve 10% of
the 1989 -90 baseline year usage on a voluntary basis. Any new
business whose anticipated consumption would place them in the
top 100 users in the City shall file also a plan with the City
upon applying for the water service.
b. All uses by water service customers of the City and the
programs of the top 100 users are to be consistent with the
following restrictions concerning the use of water:
(1) With respect to practices:
(a) Lawn watering and landscape irrigation with
potable water is to be generally only permitted between the hours
of 4 p.m. and 10 a.m. Golf courses, parks, school grounds and
recreational fields are to generally be irrigated within the
designated times. For the purpose of maintenance and testing the
irrigation system minimum water use will be allowed during the
daytime.
Agricultural users, commercial nurseries,
landscape contractors and irrigation of livestock and irrigation
of propagation beds may continue to irrigate with potable water
as management practices dictate, but are requested to curtail all
non - essential water uses.
(b) Hand watering is recommended to be done by
use of a hand -held hose equipped with a positive shut -off nozzle,
a hand -held faucet - filled bucket of five gallons or less is used,
or a drip irrigation system is used.
(2) With respect to exterior washing practices:
(a) Washing of building, facilities, equipment,
autos, trucks, trailers, boats, airplanes and other types of
mobile equipment should be curtailed except where a hand -held
hose equipped with a positive shut -off nozzle for quick rinses is
used. Whenever possible, such as when washing vehicles, a bucket
wash is recommended .
(b) Washings are exempted from these regulations
where the health, safety and welfare of the public is contingent
upon frequent vehicle or other facility or equipment cleaning,
such as garbage trucks and vehicles used to transport food and
perishables.
(c) Water should not be used to wash down
sidewalks, driveways, parking areas, residential tennis courts,
patios or other paved areas except to alleviate immediate fire,
sanitation or health hazards.
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(d) Water should not be allowed to run off
landscape areas into adjoining streets, sidewalks, or other paved
areas due to incorrectly directed or maintained sprinklers or
excessive watering.
(3) With respect to ornamental or recreational uses:
(a) Filling and refilling residential swimming
pools and spas should be held to a minimum, but if necessary
should only be done between the hours of 6 p.m. and 6 a.m.
(b) Filling and refilling of ponds, fountains,
and artificial lakes is discouraged and the recycling of water in
ponds, fountains, and artificial lakes is recommended.
(4) With respect to other uses:
(a) Water from fire hydrants is to only be used
for fire fighting and public health, safety, and welfare
activities including public street sweeping.
b) Water from meters installed on fire hydrants
may be used for construction purposes proved the contractor
practices conservation.
(c) Flushing of water mains should only be done
as necessary to protect the public health.
(d) Eating establishments should practice water
conservation for all water usages.
(5) Water system leaks are recommended to be repaired
as soon as possible after being discovered and should not be
allowed to continue for an unreasonable time..
Section 5. The base year allocation to the City set by the
WBMWD is defined as a consecutive 12 monthly water delivery
amounts for the period of July 1, 1989 through June 30, 1990,
inclusive.
Section 6. Enforcement.
The Director of Public Works of the City of E1 Segundo or
his designated representative shall have the duty and are hereby
authorized to work with and assist water system customers in
meeting the provisions of this Ordinance and shall have all the
powers and authority contained in California Penal Code Section
836.5, including the power to issue written notice to appear.
Section 7. Nonapplication of Ordinance.
This ordinance shall be inoperative to the extent any
regulations and restrictions adopted pursuant to Division I,
Chapter 3, of the Water Code conflict.
Section 8. This ordinance shall expire at such time as
WBMWD should terminate its corresponding Water Conservation
Ordinance.
Section 9. Severability.
If any section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase,
portion, or part of this Ordinance is for any reason held to be
invalid or unconstitutional by any court of competent
jurisdiction, such decision shall not affect the validity of the
remaining portions of this Ordinance. The City Council hereby
declares that it would have adopted this Ordinance and each
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section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase, part, or portion
thereof, irrespective of the fact that any one or more sections,
subsections, clauses, phrases, parts,or portions be declared
invalid or unconstitutional.
Section 10. The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption of
this Ordinance; shall cause the same to be entered in the book of
original ordinances of said City; shall make a minute of the
adoption thereof in the records of the meeting at which the same
is passed and adopted; and shall cause it to be published in the
manner required by law.
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 21st day of April, 1992.
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yor of the Clft -of El Segundo
Ca,j fornia
ATTEST:
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ) SS
CITY OF EL SEGUNDO )
I, Cindy Mortesen, 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 ordinance, being ORDINANCE NO. 1180 is a full, true correct original
of ORDINANCE NO. 1180 of the said City of El Segundo, California, entitled:
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF EL SEGUNDO
DECLARING A CONTINUANCE OF THE WATER SHORTAGE EMERGENCY,
RESCINDING CITY MANDATORY WATER CONSERVATION ORDINANCE
NO. 1160 AND ADOPTING THE CITY VOLUNTARY WATER CONSERVATION
ORDINANCE.
which was duly passed and adopted by the said City Council, approved and signed by the
Mayor or said City, and attested by the City Clerk of said City, all at a regular meeting of
the said Council held on the 21st DAY OF APRIL, 1992, and the same was so passed
and adopted'by the following vote:
AYES: Mayor Jacobson, Mayor ProTem Wise, Councilmembers
Robbins, Switz, and West.
NOES: None
ABSTENTION: None
I do hereby further certify that pursuant to the provisions of Section 36933 of the
Government Code of the State of California, that the foregoing ORDINANCE NO. 1180
as duly and regularly published according to law and the order of the City Council of said
City of El Segundo Herald, a weekly newspaper of general circulation, printed, published
and circulated within said City and that the same was so published therein on the
following day, to wit:
City6Clerk of th'p�
City of El Segundo, California
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