Ordinance No. 561-15 Watering Exemption ORDINANCE NO.561-15
AN ORDINANCE OF THE SOUTH TAHOE PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT
ADDING SECTION 3.1.56"WATERING EXEMPTION INSPECTION FEE" TO
THE ADMINISTRATIVE CODE
BE IT ENACTED by the Board of Directors of the South Tahoe Public Utility
District, County ofEl Dorado, State ofCalifornia, as follows:
SECTION 1-POLICY AND PURPOSE
The purpose of this Ordinance is to adopt certain additions to the Administrative
Code regarding watering exemption inspection fees.
SECTION II-DEFINITIONS
For the purposes ofthis Ordinance, the terms used herein are defined as foilows:
A. The District—The SouthTahoe Public Utility District.
B. The Board—The Board of Directors ofthe South Tahoe Public Utility
District.
C. Administrative Code —The compilation and codification of all of the
Administrative, Water, Sewer, Street Lighting and Groundwater
Management Plan Ordinances of the District, which establish the authority
and the principles for the decisions of the District, and provide the public
with guidelines applicable to District operations.
SECTION III-FINDINGS
The Board of Directors of the South Tahoe Public Utility District, County of El
Dorado, State of California,make the following findings:
1. The District restricts customer outdoor irrigation to certain specified days of
the week as provided in Section 3.4.3 ofthe Administrative Code;
2. The District provides a limited exemption to the outdoor irrigation
restrictions for newly sodded lawns, newly seeded lawns and newly planted bedding
plants;
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In determining whether to grant an exemption to a customer for increased outdoor
irrigation, the District must inspect the customer's property to verify that the area proposed
for an exemption qualifies under the Administrative Code;and,
4. The District desires to adopt a watering exemption inspection fee to recover the
cost ofadministering and granting exemptions to customers requesting an exemption.
SECTION IV—ADD NEW DEFINITIONS TO SECTION 1 OF THE
ADMINISTRATIVE CODE
The following definitions shall be added alphabetically to Section 1 ofthe
Administrative Code and the affected existing provisions shall be renumbered
accordingly:
"Watering Exemption Insnection Fee" shall mean the fee associated with the
required on-site inspection following a customer request to irrigate newly sodded
lawns, newly seeded lawns or bedding plants in excess of the District's outdoor
irrigation schedule as provided in Section 3.4.3 ofthe Administrative Code.
"Watering Exemntion Permit" shall mean the permit issued by the District to
allow a customer to irrigate newly sodded lawns, newly seeded lawns or bedding
plants in excess of the District's outdoor irrigation schedule as provided in Section
3.4.3 ofthe Administrative Code.
SECTION V-ADD SECTION 3.1.56 OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE CODE
Administrative Code Section 3.1.56 to be added as follows:
3.1.56 Schedule 7-Waterin Exemption Inspection Fee
A customer requesting a watering exemption pursuant to Section 3.4.3 ofthe
Administrative Code shall pay the Watering Exemption Inspection Fee of$50 to the District
prior to the required on-site inspection and the issuance of a Watering Exemption Permit.
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SECTION VI-SEVERABILITY
If any section, subsection, subdivision, paragraph, sentence, clause or phrase of this
Ordinance and its implementing rules and regulations is for any reason held to be
unconstitutional or invalid, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions
of this Ordinance or the Administrative Code. The Board of Directors declares and
deternunes that it would have passed section, subsection, subdivision, paragraph, sentence,
clause or phrase thereof of this Ordinance and its implementing rules and regulations and the
Administrative Code irrespective of the fact that any one or more sections, subsections,
subdivisions, paragraphs, sentences, clauses or phrases may be deternuned to be
unconstitutional or invalid.
SECTION VIII-EFFECTIVE DATE
This Ordinance adding the above referenced sections to the Administrative Code shall
take effect thirty days after its passage.
PASSED AND ADOPTED the Board ofDirectors ofthe South Tahoe Public Utility
District at its duly held regular meeting on the 21 st day of May, 2015, by the followingvote:
AYES: Cefalu,Jones, Vogelgesang, Sheehan,Wallace
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
Randy Vogelgesang, President
South Tahoe Public Utility District
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ATTEST:
Melonie Guttry, Clerk of the Bo d
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