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HomeMy WebLinkAbout03/20/1990, C-3 - FINAL PASSAGE OF ORDINANCE AMENDING WATER ALLOCATION REGULATIONS, CONCERNING TENANT IMPROVEMENTS IN MEETING DATE: ����► ��N�Ippp�� �� city of Sm tuis OBISPO - - COUNCIL AGENDA REPORT ITEM NUM86i/J/ C (r, FROM: Arnold Jonas,Community Development Director Bon, ssociate Planner BY: Glen Matte SUBJECT: Final passage of ordinance amending Water Allocation Regulations, concerning tenant improvements in spaces which have been vacant since the regulations were adopted. ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER'S RECOMMENDATION Give final passage to Ordinance No. 1164, as introduced March 6, 1990. SUMMARY DISCUSSION At staff's recommendation, the council has introduced an ordinance amendment to address an inequitable provision of the regulations which relate water availability and new development. The amendment would allow tenants to occupy spaces in buildings constructed before the regulations took effect, without doing retrofitting, to the extent that their water use would not exceed the lowest water use typical of the building. SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS Granting or withholding water allocations for the limited number and type of cases at issue will not significantly affect water availability, the environment, or city finances. CONSEQUENCES OF NOT TARING THE RECOMMENDED ACTION Without direction to the contrary, staff would continue to say that such tenant improvements must wait for water allocations or perform conservation offsets (retrofits) . ATTACHMENTS Ordinance 1164 as introduced gmD: wtr-mall.wp ORDINANCE NO. 1164 (1990 SERIES) AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SAN LUIS OBISPO AMENDING THE WATER ALLOCATION REGULATIONS CONCERNING VACANT SPACES IN CERTAIN EXISTING BUILDINGS WHEREAS, the City Council has held a hearing to consider appropriate provisions for allocating water; and WHEREAS, the City Council finds that the proposed provisions are consistent with the general plan Water and Wastewater Management Element; and WHEREAS, the Community Development Director has determined that this amendment is categorically exempt from environmental review as a minor change in land-use limitations, in accordance with the California Environmental Quality Act and the city's Environmental Impact Procedures and Guidelines; and WHEREAS, the proposed amendment promotes the public health, safety and general welfare; BE IT ORDAINED by the Council of the City of San Luis Obispo as follows: SECTION 1. Part J is hereby added to Section 17.89.060 of the Municipal Code, to read as follows: Despite any other provision of these regulations to the contrary, allocations shall be provided for tenant improvements within buildings constructed before August 1,_. 1988, within spaces which have been continuously vacant since completion of the building shell, to the extent that the tenant's expected water use according to city schedules does not exceed the lowest typical use for the type of building. The expected water use of such tenant improvements shall be accounted for in determining city water use and any remaining reserves which may be allocated. R1164 Ordinance No. 1164 (1990 Series) Water Allocation Regulations amendment Page 2 SECTION 2 . This ordinance, together with the names of councilmembers voting for and against, shall be published once in full, at least (3) days prior to its final passage, in the Telegram-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 AND PASSED TO PRINT by the Council of the City of San Luis Obispo at its meeting held on the 6th day of March , 1990, on motion of Councilman Reiss 1 seconded by Councilman Roalman and on the following roll call vote: AYES: Councilmembers Reiss, Roalman, Pinard, Rappa and Mayor Dunin NOES: None ABSENT: None ayor Ron Dunin ATTES _bA City erk Pam oges APPROVED- City A inistrative Officer L oney Community Deve o went Director Utilities Director gmD: war-ordl.wp /J s ?