Calistoga Municipal Code Art. X Exception Permits

A. Any person or entity may apply to the Council for a permit authorizing exceptions to the requirements and proscriptions of this chapter.

B. The Council may grant such a permit if, after investigation, the Council determines that:

1. A water shortage emergency condition prevails within the area served by the municipal water system of the City;

2. The requirements and/or proscriptions of this chapter have worked or threaten to work a hardship upon the applicant or upon the residents of the City in general; and

3. The granting of an exception permit will not materially undermine the objectives and purposes of the sanitary code.

(Ord. 333 § 2, 1977)

A. Any exception permit so granted by the Council may be subject to conditions which shall be specified in the granting of any such permit.

B. The Council shall have the authority to include as conditions such guarantees and securities to be furnished by the applicant as the Council deems appropriate under the circumstances.

(Ord. 333 § 2, 1977)

A. The Council shall prescribe necessary procedures for application for and use of exception permits under this article.

B. The Council may delegate the authority to issue exception permits under this article under the criteria specified herein to the Director of Public Works or to such other public official as it deems appropriate.

C. In the event of such delegation, any decision of any such official relating to an exception permit under this article may be appealed to the Council by the applicant or by any citizen by filing a written notice of appeal with the City Clerk within 10 days of the official's decision.

(Ord. 333 § 2, 1977)