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HomeMy WebLinkAboutORDINANCES - 04091991 - 91-19 ORDINANCE NO. 91-19 (Dual Water Systems Provision) The Contra Costa County Board of Supervisors ordains as follows (omitting the parenthetical footnotes from the official text of the enacted or amended provisions of the County Ordinance Code) : SECTION I. SUMMARY. This ordinance sets forth procedures for implementing dual water systems required by water and waste water. agencies within the County's unincorporated area. SECTION II. Chapter 82-30 is added to the County Ordinance Code to read: CHAPTER 82-30 DUAL WATER SYSTEMS .ARTICLE 82-30 . 2 GENERAL 82-30. 202 Purpose: The purpose of this chapter is to establish procedures for county cooperation with public water and wastewater agencies within the County's unincorporated area in the development of projects to incorporate dual water systems whenever feasible and consistent with applicable legal, public health, safety and environmental requirements. (Ord. 91- 19 . ) 82-30 . 204 Construction. Should any provisions of this chapter conflict with those of chapter 414-4, the provisions of chapter 414-4 shall prevail. (Ord. 91- 19 . ) 82-30 . 206 County-owned Properties . It is the policy of the county where appropriate to plan and design facilities for its owned new properties and major property improvements to accommodate dual water systems in accordance with this chapter. (Ord. 91- 19 . ) ARTICLE 82-30 .4 DEFINITIONS 82-30 .402 Dual Water System. Two separate and unconnected water distribution systems servicing the same parcel(s) . One system conveys water suitable for all potable and non-potable uses . One system conveys water suitable for appropriate and approved non- potable uses . Possible examples of appropriate non-potable uses in approved circumstances are agricultural irrigation, landscape irrigation, landscape impoundments, industrial process water and construction water. -1- March 27, 1991 ORDINANCE NO. 91/ 19 (Ord. 91-19 . ) 82-30 .404 Potable Water. Water which conforms to federal, state and local agency standards for human consumption. (Ord. 91- 19 . ) 82-30 .406 Non-Potable Water. Water that is not potable. Some examples are untreated surface and groundwaters and recycled water. (Ord. 91- 19 . ) 82-30 .408 Dual Water Systems Areas . Precise geographic areas designated by the local water or wastewater public agency having jurisdiction to provide and/or control water service as having a dependable supply of non-potable water available or where the feasibility of distributing a non-potable water supply has been determined and dual water systems are required by the involved agency. (Ord. 91- 19 . ) 82-30 .410 Recycled Water. Water which, as a., result of treatment of wastewater, meets all applicable requirements established by the state regional water quality control board having jurisdiction and regulating the use of recycled water and is suitable for appropriate and approved non-potable uses . (Ord. 91- 19.. ) ARTICLE 82-30 . 6 DESIGNATED DUAL WATER SYSTEM AREAS 82-30 . 602 Designation of Areas. Certain areas may be designated by the local water or wastewater public agency having jurisdiction as section 82-30 .408 "dual water system areas . " In ' such areas, the involved agency has or may require installation of separate dedicated meter(s ) and systems for use of non-potable water for appropriate and approved uses at the time of service or in the future. Upon receipt of any board of supervisors ' request, the involved agency shall consider the establishment of any proposed dual water system area. (Ord. 91- 19 . ) 82-30 . 604 Boundary Descriptions . Within 60 days of the designation of a "dual water system area(s) " by the involved local water or wastewater agency having jurisdiction, a precise geographic boundary description(s) and map(s) thereof for the areas ) shall be filed with the county's community development department. (Ord. 91- 19 , ) -2- March 27, 1991 ORDINANCE NO. 91/19 82-30 . 606 Connections . Existing consumers or others within "dual water system areas" who received water service prior to the agency' s designation of said area, may at the discretion of the local water or wastewater public agency having jurisdiction, be connected to the non-potable water system in accordance with the agency's applicable regulations . (Ord. 91-19 , ) ARTICLE 82-30 . 8 DEVELOPMENT APPLICATIONS 82-30 . 802 Applications . All development entitlement applications filed with the community development department for projects which are: in a dual water system area; or greater than 15 acres; or greater than 120, 000 square feet in floor space; or a portion of an area of aggregate development potential greater than 15 acres or 120,000 square feet in floor space shall be referred to the local water or wastewater agency having jurisdiction for determination and designation by the involved agency' s of its requirements for dual water systems . As soon as it may be reasonably done after the community development department received a development entitlement application (but in no event more than fifteen days after an application is determined or deemed complete) , the department shall refer the application pursuant to this section to the involved local agency. (Ord. 91- 19 . ) 82-30 . 804 Entitlement Approvals . The planning agency shall not approve a development entitlement application subject to this article' s provisions until written notification of all requirements imposed and required by the involved local water or wastewater agency for dual water systems are received, reviewed and considered for inclusion in any approval of the pending application. If the involved local water or wastewater agency does not provide its written notification within thirty days of the referral date, the planning agency may take action to approve the involved pending application. Notwithstanding the other provisions of this section, the planning agency may take action at any time and approve a pending application if within the next thirty days the said application may be deemed approved or otherwise decided by operation of law. (Ord. 91- 19 . ) -3- 3-27-91 4/8/91 ORDINANCE NO. 91/19 ARTICLE 82-30 . 10 EXEMPTION 82-30 . 1002 Application Exemption. Development entitlement applications on file with the community development department on or before May 8 1991 are exempt from the provisions of this chapter. (Ord. 91-19 . ) SECTION III . EFFECTIVE DATE. This ordinance becomes effective 30 days after passage, and within 15 days of passage shall be published once with the names of supervisors voting for and against it in the Contra Costa Times , a newspaper published in the County. PASSED ON April 9. 1991 by the following vote: AYES: Supervisors Fanden, Schroder, McPeak, Torlakson and Powers NOES: None ABSENT: None ABSTAIN: None ATTEST: Phil Batchelor, Clerk of the Board of Supervisors and County Administrator By: a a.." % Deput d Chair DJS/jh FB-2:a:\water.ord —4— 3-27-91 4/8/91 ORDINANCE NO. 91/19