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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2001 03 26 Regular C Resolution 2001-09 Implementing Water Shortage Restrictions COMMISSION AGENDA ITEM c CONSENT INFORMATIONAL PUBLIC HEARING REGULAR X March 26,2001 Meeting Jr;:;T ~ MGR Authorization REQUEST: Utility Department Requesting the City Commission Adopt Resolution #2001-09 Implementing Water Shortage Restrictions. PURPOSE: The purpose of this Board item is for the City Commission adopt Resolution #2001-09 implementing Water Shortage Restrictions as provided for in Ordinance- #2001-11. CONSIDERA TIONS: This resolution is needed to implement water shortage restrictions that are necessary to protect the water resources that have been negatively impacted by the lack of rainfall the last two years. This resolution enables staff to enforce the water restrictions implemented on January 15, 2001 by the St. Johns River Water Management District. It exceeds SJR WMD restrictions by the fact that residential reclaimed water usage is proposed to be included in the ordinance. It is our intent to exclude reclaimed water irrigation by the golf courses and parks in the proposed resolution. The golf courses and our Parks Director have indicated that they will work to voluntary comply with the restrictions for rough areas, practice fields, passive areas, and other non-play areas. The irrigation restrictions issued by the SJRWMD order declaring a severe water shortage within Seminole County have been previously distributed and this resolution mimics those restrictions with the addition of reclaimed water. Staff is recommending the inclusion of reclaimed water for the following reasons: Regular Agenda Item C March 26, 2001 Page 2 . Reclaimed water should also be considered a resource · Reclaimed demand exceeded supply 19 times in 2000 (ran out) · Uniformity of enforcement · If we utilize the well on the golf course to augment the reclaimed water supply, the SJRWMD requires reclaimed water irrigation to also follow the restrictions. In 2000, we augmented with 81 million gallons from the well. Police, Code Enforcement and Utility staff will conduct enforcement of the restrictions. FUNDING: No funding is needed at this time. It is anticipated that any revenues collected from fines would go to the General fund to cover enforcement costs. RECOMMENDATION: It is recommended that the City Commission adopt Resolution #2001-09 Declaring an Emergency Water Shortage and Implementing the Restrictions included in the Resolution. IMPLEMENTATION: Notification of the restrictions will included in the water bill, newsletter and a press release. Enforcement will be by Utility, Code Enforcement and Police staff ATTACHMENTS: 1. Resolution #2001-09 COMMISSION ACTION: A IT ACl-IMENT NO. 1 RESOLUTION NO. 2001-09 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF WINTER SPRINGS DECLARING AN EMERGENCY WATER SHORTAGE CONDITION AND IMPLEMENTING THE RESTRICTIONS DEFINED HEREIN; PROVIDING coFOR REPEAL OF PRIOR INCONSISTENT RESOLUTIONS; AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. WHEREAS, the City of Winter Springs has received below average rainfall for the last two years resulting in significantly lower groundwater levels; and WHEREAS, conditions are such that there is a possibility that insufficient good quality water will be available to meet user demands and a reduction in total water use within the area is necessary to protect water resources from serious harm; and WHEREAS, City Ordinance #2001-11, Section 19-203, authorized the implementation of water restrictions by adoption of a resolution; and WHEREAS, the St. Johns River Water Management District issued an Order Declaring A Severe Water Shortage effective January 15, 2001; and WHEREAS, Chapter 40C-21, Florida Administrative Code is the SJRWMD's Water Shortage Plan; and WHEREAS, the SJRWMD imposed Phase II Severe Water Shortage Restrictions in accordance with 40C-21.631, F.A.C. as part of the Order; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COMMISSION OF WINTER SPRINGS, FLORIDA, AS FOLLOWS: SECTION I - The City Commission of the City of Winter Springs hereby declares that an emergency water shortage condition exists affecting Winter Springs said emergency and the water restrictions set forth hereunder shall continue in full force and effect until such time the City Commission adopts a resolution declaring the emergency has ceased to exist. SECTION II - Landscape irrigation for all water sources, including reclaimed water, is limited to two days per week and shall not occur between the hours of 10:00 A.M. and 4:00 P.M. Irrigation of existing landscape with even or no addresses is only allowed on Thursday and Sunday; odd addresses are limited to Wednesday and Saturday. New landscape is authorized to be irrigated on any day between the hours of 4:00 P.M. and 10:00 A.M. during the first 30 days following its installation. Reclaimed usage by golf courses and public parks shall be voluntarily reduced and exempt from these provisions. Personal vehicle washing and hand watering are permitted using a handheld hose equipped with an automatic shut off nozzle. Agricultural, nursery, and commercial car washing restrictions are in accordance with F.A.C. 40C-21-631 - Phase /I Severe Water Shortage, a copy of which is attached hereto and fully incorporated herein by this reference. SECTION III - The water restrictions set forth hereunder shall be enforced by the City as provided for in Ordinance #2001-11. SECTION IV - All prior inconsistent resolutions of the City Commission are hereby repealed in their entirety to the extent of the conflict with this resolution. SECTION V - This Resolution shall take effect immediately upon adoption by the City Commission. Passed and adopted this day of , 2001. CITY OF WINTER SPRINGS, FLORIDA PAULP.PARTYKA,MAYOR ATTEST: ANDREA LORENZO-LUACES, CITY CLERK ) (.~ 2. Irrigation of failways. rouEPs and nonplaying areas on the fIrst nine holes the course ill be restricted to the hours of 12:01 a.m. to 8:00 a.m. on Monday, Wednes y and Sat urday . 3. Irrigation of failways, rouEPs and nonplaying areas on the last nin of the course will be r tricted to the hours of 12:01 a.m. to 8:00 a.m. on Tuesday, Thurs and Sunday. 4. A lications of fertilizers. herbicides and pesticides should b coordinated with irrigation schedules. (f) Watff B 1. Watff bas creation watff use should be voltmtarily r oced. 2. Draining of fac . ies into seWffS or onto impErVious s fuces will be prohibited. (4) M isrellaneoos (a) Heating and Aircondi . ningUse 1. The use of watff for hea will be restricte to that amount of watff necessary to .. maintain a maximum temperature of 68 de s Fahrenhe. . 2. The use of watff for cooling an . co itioning will be restricted to that amount of watff necessary to maintain a minimum temperatu of 78 degrees Fahrenheit. (b) DewaeringUse Discharge of fresh watff to tide from waering . be prohibited. (c) Othff Outside Uses 1. Washing and cleaning st ts. driveways, sidew s, or othff impErVious areas with watff will be prohibited. 2. Mobile equip men washing with watff will be res . ted to the hours and days prescribed for existing landscae irrigation in paragraph (3)(c), using only w volume metlx>ds. 3. Outside pr ure cleaning shall be restricted to only low ume met Ix>ds , seVEn days per week (d) Divffs' nand impoondment into non-District facilities water used impoundment into n-District facilities should be voluntarily redoced. (e) thetic Use 1. Outside aesthetic uses of watff will be prohibited. 2. Insiie aesthetic uses of watff should be voluntarily redoced. SpedDc uthority: 373.044, 373.113 F5. Law Impkmented' 373.175, 373246, F.S. HistDry--New 1-84. 40C-21.631 Phase IT Severe Water Shortage. The folhwing restrictions shall apply when a Phase II watff shortage is declared by the District. (1) EssEntial/DomesticIU tility /ComIrercial (a) EsSEntial Use 1. The use of watff for flfefighting. and health or medtal purposes will not be restricted. 2. 3. .' bas i<i. Fire hydrant flushing will be undfrtaken only on an emergency basis. Sanitary seWff line flushing and testing will not be restricted except on a voluntary (b) 1. per day. Household and Domestic Type Use Residential type domestic use should be volLmtarily reduced to 50 galbns per person 20 ( 2. Domestic type use in industrial and comn~rcial estcblishments should be voltmtarily reduced. (c) Watff Utility Use 1. Initial pressure at the point of use (meter) will be reduced by 15% where it is operationally feasible to do so. Prior to the reduction of pressure, the utility will notify the appropriate fife-fighting agencies and make arrangements for diroct comrrunicatbn when additional pressure is required. 2. New watff line flushing and disinfection will be restricted to the hours of 9:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m. seven days per week 3. As appropriate the utility should institute additional voltmtary conservation measures such as redaimingof backwash wate-, improving and accelerating leak detoction surveys and repair progams, installing and calibrating mete-s, and stabilizing and equalizing system pressures. (d) POWff Production Use Wate- used for powe- production should be voltmtarily reduced. (e) COIl1Irercial and Industrial Proress Use 1. COIl1Irercial car washes will be restricted as folbws: a. for washes servicing passenger vehicles and mobile equipment weiEfling less than 10,000 pounds, i. use in excess of 75 gallons per wash will be prohibited and ii. use equal to or less than 75 gallons per wash should be vohmtarily reduced; b. for washes servicing mobile equipment weiEfling 10,000 pounds or more, i. use in excess of 150 gallons per wash will be prohibited and iii. use equal to or less than 150 galbns per wash should be vohmtarily reduced. 2. Watff use for cOIl1Irercial and industrial proresses should be vohmtarily reduced. (2) Agrtulture (a) Agrtultural Use 1. Ovemead irrigation, including portable volume guns, will be restricted to the hours of 2:00 p.m. to 10:00 a.m. 2. Low vohune irrigation hours will not be restricted. 3. Flood and seepage irrigation will not discharge tai1waters from the property. 4. All irrigation systems will be operated in a manner that will maximize the percentage of wate- withdrawn and held whim is plared in the root zone of the crop and will minimize the amount of wate- whim is witlxlrawn and relmsed or lost to the user but is not immaiiately available for othe- users. , 5. Users having access to more than one source Class will maximize the use of i'he lesser or least restricted source class. (b) Livestock Use Livestock wate- use should be voluntarily reduced. (c) Aquocultural Use Aquocultural watff use should be vohmtarily reduced. (d) Soil Flooding 1. Soil flooding for pest control or soil preservation will be prohibited. 2. Soil flooding to permit harvestingof sod should be voluntarily reduced. , I , , !I . !I " !' t ~ .1 : I 'I' : I !: : , ' Ilj ii' '11 .1 21 n~~~t~1m~.~;1 :- .. f ,f (e) Freeze Protection Watff' use for freeze protection will be restricted to situations in which official weather forecastingservices predict temperatur<5 likely to cause permanent damage to crops and when the wet bulb temperature drops to 43 Fahrenheit or lOWEr. (3) NurserylLandscape Irrigat iorvRecre<t ion (a) Nursery Use 1. Low voh.nne irrigation uses and low volwne hand watEring should qe vohmtarily reduced. 2. Ovemead irrigation uses will be restricted as follows: a. insne - 8:00 am. to 8:00 p.m., seVEn days per week b. outside - 7:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m., on odd numbered days. 3. Flood irrigation systems will be restricted to 6 days per month. 4. Applications of fertilizers. herbicides and pesticides should be coordinated with irrigation schErlules. (b) Landscape irrigation - New Installation 1. For iristallations which have been in p lare for less than 30 days and a. less than 5 acr<5 in size, wate- use for irrigation shall be restricted to the hoUl~ of 2:00 a.m. to 8:00 am., Monday, Wedresday and Friday, b. 5 acr<5 or greater in size, watEr use for irrigation shall be restricted to the hours of 12:01 a.m. to 8:00 a.m., Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. 2. Low volwne hand wate-ing of new landscap ingshould be voluntarily reduced. 3. Cleaning and adjusting of new irrigation systems will be restricted to 10 minutes per zone on a one time basis. (c) Landscape Irrigation - Existing Installation . 1. For existing installations less than 5 acr<5 in size, watff' use for irrigation will be restricted to the hours of 4:00 a.m. to 8:00 a.m., two days per week. a. Installations with odd addresses will be permitted to irrigate on Wednesday and Saturday. b. Installations with even addresses or no address will be permitted to irrigate on Thursday and Sunday. 2. For existing installations 5 acres or greaer in size. water use for irrigation will be restricted to the hours of 12:01 a.m. to 8:00 a.m., two days per week. a. Installations with odd addresses will be permitted to irrigate on Wednesday and Sat urday . b. Installations with even addresses or no address will be permitted to irrigate on Thursday and Sunday. 3. Applications of fertilizers. herbicides and pesticides should be coordinated with irrigation schErlules. (d) Recreation Area Use Existing and new recreation area watff' use will be restricted as provided in paragraphs ( b) and (c) respectively. (e) Golf Course Use 1. Irrigation of greEns and tees should be voluntarily teduced and will be accomp lishoo during nondaylight hours. 22 !~!}~-~' :" '!.;;~~:;/' ,~\ ; . ( 2. Irrigation of failways. rouErs and nonplaying areas on the fIrst nine holes of the course will be restricted to the hours of 12:01 a.m. to 8:00 a.m. on Wednesday and Saturday. 3. Irrigation of failways. rouErs. and nonplaying areas on the last nine holes of the course will be restricted to the hours of 12:01 a.m. to 8:00 a.m. on Thursday and Sunday. 4. Ap p lications of fertilizers. herbicides and pesticides should be coordinated with irrigation schffiules. (f) WatEr Based Recreation Use 1. WatEr basoo recreation watEr use should be voluntarily reduced. 2. Draining of facilities into seWErS or onto impavious surfaces will be prohibited. 3. Existing facilities will not be refilled excep t for makeup watEr. (4) M isrellaneoos (a) Heating and Air Conditioning Use 1. The use of watEr for heating will be restricted to that amount of watEr necessary to maintain a maximum temperature of 68 degrees Fahrenheit. 2. The use of watEr for air conditioning will be restricted to that amount of watEr necessary to maintain a minimum temperature of 78 degrees Fahrenheit. (b) DewaeringUse Discharge of fresh watEr to tide from dewaeringwill be prohibited. (c) OthEr Outside Uses 1. Washing or cleaning streets, driveways, sidewalks, or othEr impavious areas with watEr will be prohibited. 2. Mobile equipment washing with watEr will be restricted to the hours and days ~ prescribed for existing landscap e irrigation in p aragrap h (3) (c) using only low volume metlx>ds. 3. Outside pressure cleaning will be restricted to only low volmne methods, seven days per week (d) DiVErsion and impoondment into non-District facilities watEr used for diVErsion and impoondment into non-District facilities should be voluntarily reduced. (e) Aesthetic Use 1. Outside aesthetic uses of watEr will be prohibited. 2. Insne aesthetic uses of watEr should be voluntarily reduced. Sped1ic Authority: 373.044, 373.113 F.S. Law Impkmented: 373.175, 373246, F.5. History--New 1- 1-84. (b) Househ d Domestic Type Use 1. entia! type domestic use should be voluntarily reduced to 23 40 - 641 Phase ill Extreme Water Shortage. The folbwing restrictions will apply whe Phase III s is declared by the District. (1) Ess mestkiUtility/CommErcial (a) Essential 1. The use of watEr will not be restricted. 2. 3. basis.