San Bruno Municipal Code Art. I General

"City council"

means the city council of the city of San Bruno, California.

"Customer"

means any person, whether within or without the geographic boundaries of the city of San Bruno who uses water supplied by the city of San Bruno department of public works, water division.

"Director"

means the director of public works of the city of San Bruno.

"Period of precipitation"

means during rainfall and not any generalized or specific season or period of the year.

"Person"

means any person, firm, partnership, association, corporation, company, organization or governmental entity.

"Swimming pool"

is defined to include any indoor or outdoor constructed swimming or bathing pool or spa that can hold one thousand gallons of water, or more.

"Unit of water"

is one hundred cubic feet of water.

"Water shortage emergency,"

as declared by the city council or city manager, is a specific identifiable discrete event or sudden unexpected occurrence, including, without limitation, a drought, a storm, flood, fire, or an unexpected equipment outage, the failure of a water facility, including treatment plant, pump, pipeline or other conduit, or a catastrophic event, including, but not limited to, a regional power outage, an earthquake, or other disaster, that has occurred that causes a disruption, or creates an imminent threat of disruption, in the water supply to all or a portion of the city's water customers.

"Water shortage contingency plan"

means the planning document, as amended from time to time and adopted by the city council, setting forth the city's strategic plan for preparing and responding to water shortages, including the water shortage stages and associated actions. The water shortage contingency plan is a required component of the city's urban water management plan as specified in the "Urban Water Management Planning Act," codified as Part 2.6, Urban Water Management Planning, of Division 6, Conservation, Development, and Utilization of State Water Resources, in the California Water Code, beginning with Section 10620.

(Ord. 1522 § 3, 1990; Ord. 1902 § 3, 2021; Ord. 1911 § 1, 2022)

This chapter includes water conservation provisions during normal conditions and water shortage emergencies to minimize the effect of a shortage of water on the city's customers. This chapter includes provisions that will significantly reduce the consumption of water over an extended period of time, thereby extending the available water required by the city's customers while reducing the hardship to the greatest extent possible. It is intended to implement the city's water shortage contingency plan and water demand management actions upon declaration of a water shortage emergency condition.

(Ord. 1911 § 1, 2022)