HomeMy WebLinkAbout2019-07-09 - ORDINANCES - PROVIDING FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT AND ENFORCEMENT OF (2)ORDINANCE NO. 19-3
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
SANTA CLARITA, CALIFORNIA, PROVIDING FOR THE
ESTABLISHMENT AND ENFORCEMENT OF REGULATIONS
PURSUANT TO WATER RECYCLING REQUIREMENTS FOR
RECYCLED WATER USERS
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA CLARITA, CALIFORNIA,
DOES HEREBY ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. The City Council does hereby make the following findings of fact:
A. The City of Santa Clarita (City) will own, operate, and maintain a water
reclamation plant known as the Vista Canyon Water Factory (Water Factory)
located on City -owned land south of State Route 14, west of Sand Canyon, east
of Fair Oaks Ranch, and north of Humphries Parkway, within the Vista Canyon
Specific Plan.
B. I The Water Factory is a component of the Vista Canyon Specific Plan project (Vista
Canyon project) that was approved by the City Council on May 10, 2011.
C. The Water Factory is designed to treat wastewater generated by the Vista Canyon
project, and to treat a portion of the wastewater flow from existing development
upstream of the Vista Canyon project site within the City. The Water Factory will
produce disinfected -tertiary -recycled water in accordance with all applicable state and
federal standards, including the California Code of Regulations, Title 22
requirements.
D. The City has obtained Waste Discharge Requirements and Water Reclamation
Requirements from the California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Los
Angeles Region (Regional Board).
E. The Water Factory has a design capacity of 392,135 gallons per day (gpd) and is
expected to produce up to 371,000 gpd, equivalent to 415.5 acre-feet per year, of
recycled water.
F. The City intends to enter into a Wholesale -Recycled Water Purchase Agreement with
the Santa Clarita Valley Water Agency (SCV Water) to sell wholesale -recycled water
to SCV Water for distribution within SCV Water's service area.
SECTION 2. This ordinance shall be known as the City of Santa Clarita Recycled Water
Ordinance and may be cited as such.
SECTION 3. The purpose of this ordinance is to provide for the establishment and
enforcement of regulations pertaining to the sale and use of recycled water produced at the Water
Factory.
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SECTION 4. Prohibition on sale, distribution, or use without Wholesale -Recycled Water
Purchase Agreement.
A. No person may purchase, sell, distribute or use, (either directly or through an
intermediate party), recycled water produced at the Water Factory unless such sale,
distribution, or use is governed by, in accord with, or pursuant to the requirements of
a Wholesale -Recycled Water Purchase Agreement with the City. As used in this
ordinance, the term "person" shall include natural persons, corporations, any city,
county, district, joint powers authority, the state, and the United States, to the extent
authorized by federal law.
B. Wholesale -Recycled Water Purchase Agreements shall govern resale and use of
recycled water produced at the Water Factory, and incorporate the terms and
conditions of all applicable Waste Discharge Requirements, Water Reclamation
Requirements, and other applicable orders of the California State Water Resources
Control Board, and the California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Los
Angeles Region; and applicable requirements of state and federal law, including but
not limited to the Federal Clean Water Act (33 U.S.C. 1251-1388); the federal Safe
Drinking Water Act (42 U.S.C. 300f — 300j-27); the California Porter Cologne Water
Quality Control Act (Cal Water Code 13000 —16104), and Title 22, Division 4,
Chapter 3 of the California Code of Regulations.
C. Prior to initiating delivery of any recycled water from the Water Factory, the City
Engineer shall enter into a Wholesale -Recycled Water Purchase Agreement with SCV
Water or any other person who is authorized by state law to distribute recycled water
within the City's jurisdiction.
SECTION 5. The City Engineer is granted authority to establish Rules and Regulations
governing the use of recycled water as necessary, which shall be in accordance with existing
law. The City Engineer shall administer, implement, and enforce the provisions of this
ordinance. Any powers granted to or duties imposed upon the City Engineer may be delegated
to persons acting in the beneficial interest of, or in the employ of, the City.
SECTION 6. Upon a written determination of the City Engineer that a violation of this
ordinance has occurred, such action shall constitute a basis for:
A. Termination of any User Agreement;
B. Immediate cessation of recycled water delivery;
C. The City Engineer shall adopt notice and hearing procedures to implement this
section, which shall be consistent with the rights afforded by due process.
SECTION 7. If any part, section, subsection, paragraph, sentence, clause, or phrase of
this ordinance is held invalid or unconstitutional for any reason by any court, that decision does
not affect the validity or constitutionality of the remainder of this ordinance. The City Council
declares that it would have adopted each provision of this ordinance irrespective of the validity
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of any other provision.
SECTION 8. City Council shall conduct a second reading of this ordinance.
SECTION 9. The City Clerk shall certify to the passage of this ordinance and shall
cause the same to be published as required by law.
PASSED, APPROVED, AND ADOPTED this 9t" day of July 2019.
ATTEST:
CITY CLERK
DATE: /
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ) ss.
CITY OF SANTA CLARITA )
I, Mary Cusick, City Clerk of the City of Santa Clarita, do hereby certify that the
foregoing Ordinance No. 19-3 was regularly introduced and placed upon its first reading at a
regular meeting of the City Council on the 25h day of June 2019. That thereafter, said ordinance
was duly passed and adopted at a regular meeting of the City Council on the 9`h day of July 2019,
by the following vote, to wit:
AYES: COUNCILMEMBERS
NOES: COUNCILMEMBERS
ABSENT: COUNCILMEMBERS:
Smyth, Miranda, Kellar, Weste, McLean
None
None
AND I FURTHER CERTIFY that the foregoing is the original of Ordinance No. 19-3
and was published in The Signal newspaper in accordance with State Law (G.C. 40806).
CITY CLERK
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