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HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD 3038t' • • · OR!GirtJAL oRDINANCE NO. 3038 . ORDINANCE OF THE COUNCIL OF TilE CITY OF PALO. ALTO TO REPEAL ORDINANCE· NO •. 2979 WHICH' RE:~·!I'lt.ICtED .. CERTAIN WATER USES AND DECLARED A W.NN.;t\., .. SHORTAGE EHERGEltCY, A.~D DECLARING AN EUERGENCY ... WHEREAS, on April 18, 1977, the Council of the CitY.?t Palo· Alto adopted Ordinance No. 29.79 restricting c~rtain water uses and declaring a water shortage e.mergenc1; a~d · ·· WHEREAS, Palo Alto residente •nd businesses have taken extra• ordinary water conservation measure~ and endure'~ peroonal aacrifi.c~ .· in response to the water. ~hortage emergency; and. : .. . · . •I •. WHEREAS, unusually high rainfall in Northern Califoint'a: .during. recent months has replenished the d~pleted water supplies of the ·. C::t ty of Palo Alto; and /./ . .. ·. · . ~"HEREAS, the San Fran.cisco Water Department, supplie.r of water·· for the City of Palo Alto, hns declared an ~.nd to water x-ationing; ., ·: .. ' NOW, Tl~REFORE, the Council.of t;hta City·of Palo Alt.0 doe.s ORDAIN n~ follm.;s: . ~ ' ,.l' · SECTION 1. A wafer shortage ~:mergency .in tlV,~~ City of Palo Alto no longer exists. · ·. 1 ' / · · · · • ' SECTION 2. Ordina~c~ No. 2979'restricting·cerCain"~ater use:s and declaring a water shortage emergency is hereby 'repealed. , SECTION 3. Ordinance No, 3005 amending Ordinance No. 2979 is hereby t:·epea!ed. I', . , ( ~j SECTION 4. Recognizing ·that long·;.,terin water $llPp1ie·s.~·;:fr;;>r t~~: . City of Palo Alto·' and Northe;n .California are. limited.'attd v-41nerlab'loe .. to future shortages •. Palo Alto 'residents and busines$~:s·: are, ~~~g~y· .· . urfed to ~.Qluntarily cont.~nua w~;,ter,C()l1il~~~ation'in the Cft~fJf>,:::. ,::,. ·'··' · Pa o Alto. .. .. . ·· .... ./!.: .·", ·-. ..'.'.< , ·· ... :·'< < ;_:·_,····;:·. · ... :;·. ·· . ·sE~TION 5. The couneil .. firids t~t none ·o:f :;ije,··px:ov;s~qna:·p~:: :~:~··.···"/r, this ordinance will have a s:Lgnifi~ant adve}:se. ~~;~~·r:~~ent&l .imP'$.ct:;:(: .·. · . . SECTion 6. The ~cil hereby declares · t~~ ,::tma·· ~l~iiili~~f::la~/ . · · t)eCeSSary BS an emergeilcy measu:re ·for' the pr~~S~lr1$ti;Ql{:o'f tlt.:>, ~oli~T, · ' P~.ace, h~a~th or .~afety. 'O:le··.· ~easons.: fot: its ~rg~y <are:, a~t f~rt 1 h" . irlr tP.e rec:1.tals hereof .and ··are/.1 inco:q>or~tad .her·~~n· ]),}{ .;~~~r~nc:e. ''1 INTB.ODUCED AliD PASSED: Febr~:~ ~, 197 s .. ,;:~:: · · · · \, .. ' .. , "·1·: •·•• • ·'·''· J ''.•,:. ·•.'C·-:• • AYES: ·Brenner~ Carey.;;; Clay, .· Ey~r..rly ·,., Fazz inor Fl~~cher·~;• ~der/i~~ siler,: ::jilt~k;sp~, · · ,.1 ' I)' .. '· ' ',, ' ··.·. ·,.,··:: ' ,: I ' . '\ NOES : Non.:l Jt.BS'l'ENTIONS : None ABSENT; N~~ .. '' !/'·' . ,',\.'' ' \~"}).I;, ' ,,i ..•. · ··_, .. ,.''·' ·.'•'' .. I• ':.· ·a~~~-. City c . · ... . . ... T . . i