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A: The Emergency Water Conservation Plan of the City of Los Angeles and the Summary of the Los Angeles Emergency Water Conservation Ordinance
A: The Emergency Water Conservation Plan of the City of Los Angeles and the Summary of the Los Angeles Emergency Water Conservation Ordinance
Pages 101-113
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APPENDIX A THE EMERGENCY WATER CONSERVATION PLAN OF luE CITY OF LOS ANGELES and the SUMMARY OF Tag LOS ANGELES EMERGENCY WATER CONSERVATION ORDINANCE -101
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121.09. Application of Surplus Reduction.
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DECLARATION OF PURPOSE. The purpose of this Chapter is to provide a mandatory water conservation plan to rriiIiim~e the effect of a shortage of water to the customers of the City and, by means of this Chapter, to adopt provisions that will significantly reduce the consumption of water over an emended period of time, thereby extending the available water required for the customers of the City while reducing the hardship of the Cit.
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APPLICATION. The provisions of this Chapter shall apply to all customers and property served by the Department of Plater arxl Power wherever situated, and shall also apply to all property and facilities owned, maintained, operated or under the jurisdiction of the venous officers, boards, departments, bureaus or agencies of the City.
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No customer shall make cause, use or permit the use of water from the Department for any purpose in an amount in excess of eighty percent (80~o ) of the amount used during the base period as defined in this Chapter, except that process water may be used to the extent of ninety percent (90~o ~ of the base period.
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The prohibited use provisions -shall become operable immediately upon the effective date of this Ordinance. The customer percentage curtailment provisions shall take ef{ect with the first full billing period commencing on or after the effective .date of the public proclamation by the Mayor.
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Any' surplus reduction remaking after the application a, the rule pros ided immediately above shall be applied to offset any excessive use of water by' the customer during the next two billing periods for monthly customers. Such cany-forward of the surplus reduction shall operate only as an offset to excessive usage, and shall not be applied to an`, use of water in an amount at or below the customer s allow able magnum consumption thereof.
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by giving written notice thereof to the customer personally; or (b) If the customer be absent from or unavailable at either his place of residence or his assumed place of business, by leaving a cop,' with some person of suitable age and discretion at either place, and sending a copy through the United States mail addressed to the customer at either his place of business or residence; or {c} If such place of residence and business cannot be ascertained, or a person of suitable age or discretion there cannot be found, then by affixing a copy in a conspicuous place on the property where the failure to comply is occurring and also by delivering a copy to a person there residing.
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Any customer who is dissatisfied with the application of any of the provisions of this Chapter as the same relate to him, may seek relief as set forth below. The Department shall have the power, upon the filing by a customer of an application for relief as herein provided, to take such steps as it deems reasonable and to set up such procedures as it considers necessary to resolve said application for relief prior to the submission of said application to an appeal brawl.
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I he Department, in its discretion. may adjust the base assigned to any customer if that customer establishes, to the satisfaction of the Department, that the base, as herein provided, would cause him great hardship for reasons including, but not necessarily limited to, technological improvements to that customer's premises since the base period, increased employment on said customer's business premises since the base period, a significant change in either the manner or the extent of use of water at the location in question since the base period, extrerr~e fluctuations in weather conditions, increase in business volume dearth' related to water use, and occupancy factors occurring since the base period.
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Notwithstanding any other provision of law, and in addition thereto, and not in lieu thereof, any wilful nusrepresentation of ~ material fact by any person to the Department or to any appeal board established pursuant to this Chapter, made for the purpose of securing relief from the provisions of this Chapter for any customer, is unlawful; and a violation of this subsection shall be punishable by a fine not exceeding the sum of five hundred dollars ($500) , or by unprisonment in the county jail for a period not to exceed six (6} months, or by both such fine and imprisonment.
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All commercial and industrial customers of the Department of water and Power using 25,000 billing units per year or more shall submit a water conservation plan to the Mayors office. These users shall submit quarterly to the Mayor's office a report on the progress of their conc,er~ation plans All City departments shall submit to the Mayor a monthly public report on their water conservation efforts.
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This ordinance remains a valuable tool for Los Angeles in emergency situations. The mayor and City Council can implement appropriate phases of the ordinance during water-short periods to ensure adequate conservation of the available water supply.
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