HomeMy WebLinkAboutO-1631 Ordinance amending section 13.07.030 of SLO municipal code regulations on outdoor irrigation of public facility turf with potable waterORDINANCE NO. 1631 (2016 SERIES)
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN LUIS
OBISPO, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING SECTION 13.07.030 OF THE SAN
LUIS OBISPO MUNICIPAL CODE REGARDING RESTRICTIONS ON
OUTDOOR IRRIGATION OF PUBLIC FACILITY TURF WITH
POTABLE WATER
WHEREAS, drought conditions have continued through 2016 making it critically
necessary to continue to manage water consumption during the ongoing drought to ensure that
adequate water supplies are available in the long term in order to protect the public health, safety
and welfare; and
WHEREAS, in order to preserve eight public facilities utilized for public recreation the
City is proposing to allow an exemption for each of them such that they may be annually renovated
and watered three times a week to sustain these facilities. The facilities are limited to: Emerson
Field, Meadow Park Field, Mission Plaza Turf, Santa Rosa Center Field, Santa Rosa Softball Field,
Sinsheimer Stadium, Stockton Field, and Throop Field.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED, by the Council of the City of San Luis
Obispo as follows:
SECTION 1. Environmental Determination. The City Council hereby finds that the
Ordinance is categorically exempt from environmental review pursuant to CEQA Guidelines
Section 15301(h) (Existing Facilities — maintenance of existing landscape).
SECTION 2. Action. Section 13.07.030 (Council water conservation powers) of Chapter
13.07 the City of San Luis Obispo's Municipal Code is hereby amended to add the following
language:
D. The following public facilities may be allowed to be renovated on an annual as needed
basis: Emerson Field, Meadow Park Field, Mission Plaza Turf, Santa Rosa Center Field,
Santa Rosa Softball Field, Sinsheimer Stadium, Stockton Field, and Throop Field. Annual
renovation shall include an initial germination period during which daily watering at these
eight facilities is allowed for a period of up to six weeks. Following renovation, these eight
facilities will be allowed to be watered up to three days a week in order to sustain them.
SECTION 3. Severability. If any subdivision, paragraph, sentence, clause, or phrase of
this ordinance is, for any reason, held to be invalid or unenforceable by a court of competent
jurisdiction, such invalidity or unenforceability shall not affect the validity or enforcement of the
remaining portions of this ordinance, or any other provisions of the city's rules and regulations. It
is the city's express intent that each remaining portion would have been adopted irrespective of
the fact that any one or more subdivisions, paragraphs, sentences, clauses, or phrases be declared
invalid or unenforceable.
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SECTION 4. A summary of this ordinance, together with the names of Council members
voting for and against, shall be published at least five (5) days prior to its final passage, in The
Tribune, a newspaper published and circulated in this City. This ordinance shall go into effect at
the expiration of thirty (30) days after its final passage.
INTRODUCED on the 15th day of November 2016, AND FINALLY ADOPTED by the
Council of the City of San Luis Obispo on the 13th day of December 2016, on the following roll
call vote:
AYES: Council Members Christianson, Gomez and Pease,
Vice Mayor Rivoire, and Mayor Harmon
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
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ATTEST:
Carrie Gallagher
City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
a i Stine Dietrick
Attorney
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the official seal of the City
of San Luis Obispo, California, this 01S4 day of'��°�int„ , ao[�q .
Carrie Gallagher
City Clerk
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