Title
Adopt an ordinance to extend the suspension of portions of Ordinance No. 5310 relating to Point of Use and Point of Entry water treatment until further action of the Board of Supervisors.
Proposed CEQA Action: Exempt under CEQA Guidelines section 15061(b)(3)
Report
RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended that the Board of Supervisors:
Adopt an ordinance to extend the suspension of portions of Ordinance No. 5310 relating to Point of Use and Point of Entry water treatment until further action of the Board of Supervisors.
SUMMARY:
On November 19, 2019, the Board introduced the proposed ordinance and set December 10, 2019, for adoption. The proposed ordinance would extend the suspension of portions of Ordinance No. 5310 until further action of the Board of Supervisors. Ordinance No. 5310, adopted on June 18, 2019, authorized Point-of-Use (POU) and Point-of-Entry (POE) treatment of water to meet primary drinking water standards under certain circumstances. On August 27, 2019, the Board of Supervisors adopted a subsequent ordinance, Ordinance No. 5316, that suspended sections 3 and 6 and a portion of section 5 of Ordinance No. 5310 until December 11, 2019. The suspended portions govern utilization of POU or POE treatment by local small water systems, state small water systems, individual lot owners within local small and state small water systems, and individual lots on private wells. This ordinance extends the suspension of these portions of Ordinance No. 5310 from December 11, 2019 until further action of the Board of Supervisors.
The purpose of extending the suspension of these sections of Ordinance No. 5310 is to provide additional time for County staff to evaluate the suspended portions. Staff will return to the Board for further action before these sections would become operative.
DISCUSSION:
On June 18, 2019, the Board of Supervisors adopted Ordinance No. 5310 which amended sections of Chapter 15.04 of the Monterey County Code and added a new Ch...
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