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<br />6.38 <br />Page 1 of 10 <br /> <br />R.......I:....... p' OR' T <br />...., .-.." .... ",' <br />.. . ~ <br />. . . . <br /> <br />To the Honorable Mayor and City Council <br />F.. rom the Oit "M,.ana.....er <br />" -.... ,-.,,_... .- .., ," ......--.,- -.-.., <br /> <br />June 23, 2008 <br /> <br />SUBJECT <br />Redwood City Recycled Water Use Ordinance <br /> <br />RECOMMENDATION <br />Introduce Ordinance Adding Chapter 38, Article VIII to the Redwood City Code - the <br />Recycled Water Use Ordinance. <br /> <br />BACKGROUND <br />Directly following the May 12th Public Hearing of the Recycled Water Use Ordinance, <br />the ordinance was revised to address concerns from both the local development <br />community and the general public. As a result, the Recycled Water Use Ordinance is <br />presented to the City Council for a First Reading in order to fully consider a few, but <br />substantive changes. Most notably, the second First Reading is required because of <br />the Conflicting Provisions clause that was included in the ordinance to address <br />discrepancies between the Uniform Plumbing Code and Title 22 of the Health and <br />Safety Code. <br /> <br />The clause was added because the State of California Health and Safety Code was <br />recently amended to allow recycled water use in residential homes for toilet flushing; <br />whereas the Uniform Plumbing Code has not yet been amended to provide for the use <br />of recycled water in residential homes. The clause makes the provisions of the <br />Recycled Water Use Ordinance take precedence over the Uniform Plumbing Code in <br />the event there is any conflict between the two (such as the Uniform Plumbing Code <br />prohibiting recycled water to be used in residential homes for toilet flushing). <br /> <br />The following summarizes the substantive public comments that were received during <br />the First Reading (and Public Hearing) of the ordinance and the revisions that were <br />made as a result: <br /> <br />1. Concern over the Public Works Services Department as being responsible to <br />determine the requirements for recycled water plumbing. <br /> <br />To address this concern, the ordinance language was changed to state "The City <br />Manager (or designee) will be responsible for determining the requirements for <br />recycled water plumbing." <br /> <br />2. Concern that the Uniform Plumbing Code has not yet incorporated the requirements <br />of the State Water Code regarding recycled water use in apartments and <br />condominiums. <br /> <br />A Conflicting Provisions clause was added to the ordinance to address this issue; <br />and in the event of any conflict between the provisions of the most current version of <br />