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OF THE CITY OF MORROBAY, CALIFORNIA,
W E AS, Chapter 13.20 of the Morro Bay Municipal Code, calls for the City Council
A the City of Morro Bay to adopt a yearly Water Allocation Program based on a report by the
Public Works Director; and
WIIE AS, on January 22, 2014, the City of Morro Bay implemented Mandatory Water
Conservation Requirements for Severely Restricted Water Supply Conditions; and
E AS, The State Water Project delivery allocation for 2016 has been set at 60 -
percent, and the City will use its drought buffer to meets its water needs; and
W>FIEREAS, on the 9th day of February, 2016, the City Council did hold a duly noticed
Public Hearing on the 2015 Annual Water Progress Report and the proposed carry over of the
2015 Water Allocation Program; and
W E AS, On May 24, 2016 the City Council introduced Ordinance No. 603 and
adopted Resolution 40-16 modifying the timing of the Annual Water Report and Allocation of
Water Equivalency Units.
IST®�V, T'>FIE F®ISE, BE IT S®LVED, by the City Council of the City of Morro
Bay, California, as follows:
A. Water Allocation Program for the Fiscal Year 2016/17 is hereby modified to contain the
following elements:
1. Allocate the mix of residential units to 60 percent single-family and 40 percent multi-
family units; and authorize the corresponding water equivalency allocation for
residential uses at 50 Water Equivalency Units as are currently used for tracking
project water usage).
2. Process Residential Allocations limits on a first-come/ first -serve basis, based on the
priorities contained in the current General Plan and Local Coastal Plan policies.
Unused multiple -family residential WEU's may be rolled over to single-family
dwellings after January 1, 2017;
3. Authorize allocation of 130% of the residential water equivalency units to commercial
and industrial projects, within the priority categories consistent with the current Local
Coastal Plan and General Plan policies:
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4. The potential for rolling over unused water allocations to next year is not precluded
by this action
B. All new water allocations requested for Fiscal Year 2016/2017 shall be offset on a two -
to -one basis by providing retrofits to existing uses or providing non -required water
savings features for development that would benefit from the water allocation. The
Public Works Director is responsible for the review and approval of the proposed retrofits
to ensure they offset the water supply requested by new development. Retrofits may
include, but are not limited to, any of the following water saving best management
practices.
• Irrigation Retrofits
• Waterless Urinals
• Waterless Toilets
• Ultra -Low Flow Toilets
• Lawn/Landscape Replacement Program
• Gray water system installation
• Installation of Rainwater Recovery Systems
• Other Water Savings Best Management Practices as approved by the Public
• Works Director
• If retrofit is deemed to be infeasible by the Public Works Director (whose
decision is not appeable), then payment of an "In -Lieu" fee program of two
times $3,016 ($6,032) per required Water Equivalency Unit
SECTION 2: Applicability
Each development project that requires an allocation of new Water Equivalency Units shall
be subject to this revised allocation program, unless a valid building permit has been issued prior
to the date- of adoption of this Resolution.
PASSED, APPROVED, AND ADOPTED, by the City of Morro Bay City Council, at a
regular meeting held on this 14th day of June, 2016 by the following vote:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
Irons, Headding, Johnson, Makowetski, Smukler
None
None
Jami L. Irons, Mayor
ATTEST:
ana Swanson, City Clerk