Item 27 - Ordinance Amending the Santa Ana Municipal Code

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brs 2/28/22 (f) Subject to subsequent ratification by the City Council, when the Executive Director of Public Works determines that a sudden event has, or threatens to, significantly diminish the reliability or quality of the City's water supply, the Executive Director of Public Works may declare a catastrophic water supply shortage and impose emergency water allocation or conservation actions as deemed necessary, in the Executive Director of Public Works' professional judgment, to protect the reliability and quality of the City's water supply, until the emergency passes or the City takes other action. Sec. 39-98. — Procedures and Protocols for Communication. Upon declaration of a Water Shortage, the City will inform all relevant stakeholders, such as Customers, the public, interested parties, and local, regional, and state governments, of the effective date of the water shortage response actions associated with the relevant level according to the communication procedures identified in the City's WSCP, including: (a) Any current or predicted shortages as determined by the annual water supply and demand assessment. (b) Any shortage response actions triggered or anticipated to be triggered by the annual water supply and demand assessment. (c) Any other relevant communications. Sec. 39-99. — Permanent Water Conservation Requirements — Prohibition Against Water Waste. The following water conservation requirements are effective at all times and are permanent. Violations of this section will be considered waste and an unreasonable use of water. Noncompliance with restrictions on water waste shall be subject to an administrative citation. (a) Watering of a lawn, landscape or other vegetated area between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. is prohibited. Hand-held water cans, buckets, or similar containers reasonably used to convey water for irrigation purposes are not subject to these time restrictions. Similarly, a hand-held hose equipped with a fully functioning, positive self -closing water shut-off nozzle, may be used during the otherwise restricted period. If necessary, and for very short periods of time, for the express purpose of adjusting or repairing a landscape irrigation system, one may operate a landscape irrigation system during the otherwise restricted period. (b) Washing down sidewalks, walkways, driveways, parking areas, or other hard or paved surfaces is prohibited, except to alleviate safety or sanitary hazards using a handheld container, hose with an automatic shut-off device, or a low -volume high- pressure cleaning machine that recycles used water. Ordinance No. NS-XXX Page 7 of 18