HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD 2017-23 - Water Utility Service ORD ChangesORDINANCE NO.
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
GEORGETOWN, TEXAS, AMENDING SECTION 13.15.050 TITLED
"IRRIGATION SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS FOR NEW INSTALLATIONS"
OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF GEORGETOWN
TEXAS REPEALING CONFLICTING ORDINANCES AND
RESOLUTIONS; INCLUDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; AND
ESTABLISHING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, The City of Georgetown values and supports water conservation as an
effective resource to manage, sustain and protect the City's potable water supply; and
WHEREAS, The City of Georgetown adopted provisions for landscape and irrigation
maintenance practices that discourage wasteful use of water and that foster long-term landscape
water conservation in 2014; and
WHEREAS, The City of Georgetown wishes to identify water conservation and efficiency
activities and integrate them into the water services provided to the City's water customers, and
WHEREAS, The City of Georgetown wishes to align their irrigation system requirements
for new installations with the Texas Administrative Code, Title 30, Chapter 288; and
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF GEORGETOWN, TEXAS THAT:
Section 1. The meeting at which this ordinance was approved was in all things conducted
in compliance with the Texas Open Meetings Act, Texas Government Code, Chapter 551.
Section 2. The facts and recitations contained in the preamble of this ordinance are hereby
found and declared to be true and correct and are incorporated by reference herein and expressly
made a part hereof, as if copied verbatim. The City Council hereby finds that this ordinance complies
with the Vision Statement 4.0(G) of the City of Georgetown 2030 Comprehensive Plan relating to the
conservation of water resources.
Section 3. Section 13.15.050 of the City of Georgetown Code of Ordinances is hereby
amended and adopted as shown on Exhibit A.
Section 4. All ordinances that are in conflict with the provisions of this ordinance be, and
the same are hereby, repealed and all other ordinances of the City not in conflict with the provisions
of this ordinance shall remain in full force and effect.
Section 5. If any provision of this ordinance or application thereof to any person or
circumstance shall be held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect the other provisions, or
Ordinance Number: D 0 1 %— 3
Description: Water Utilit Se ice Ordinance
Date Approved: 5 ��, 2017
application thereof, of this ordinance which can be given effect without the invalid provision or
application, and to this end the provisions of this ordinance are hereby declared to be severable.
Section 6. The Mayor is hereby authorized to sign this ordinance and the City Secretary to
attest. This Ordinance shall become effective and be in full force after publication in accordance
with the provisions of the Charter of the City of Georgetown.
PASSED AND APPROVED on First Reading on the ll� day ofMaLk, 2017.
PASSED AND APPROVED on Second Reading on the 0 % day of%lttV%2017.
ATTEST:
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Shelley Nowl' City Secretary
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
Charlie McNabb, City Attorney
Ordinance Number: aC)17 -013
Description: Water Utility Sery a Ordinance
Date Approved: 31 art 2017
THE CITY OF GEORGETOWN:
Dale Ross, Mayor
Exhibit A
Sec. 13.15.050. - Irrigation system requirements for new installations.
A. Applicability. The requirements of this Section shall apply to new installations on residential lots only.
B. In addition to the requirements of Title 15 of the City of Georgetown Code of Ordinances, all in -ground
irrigation systems shall be zonal irrigation systems and meet the following requirements:
1. Irrigation systems must comply with all applicable regulations and standards required by Chapter
344, Title 30 of the Texas Administrative Code.
2. Pop-up spray and rotor heads shall direct flow away from any impervious surface and be placed
at least four inches from an impervious surface;
3. All automatic irrigation systems that are installed shall include an operational rain sensor and Reil
FRQiF;tl-'FP SeAGGF. These may be PaFt Gf the Grig nal irFigatieR system GF stand alone predLIGtIs that
4. Irrigation systems shall be programmed to meet the City's required watering schedule for both
required day and time of irrigation.
5. AutomatiG iffigatiOR systems shall be programmed not tp wgtpF dLiFiRg rain events ervAeR Re
4 s highr ththe e.t thpeAheld Af the iRgtellAd GO rA 'ct
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6. Irrigation systems installed on residential lots may not irrigate an area larger than two and one-
half times the foundation footprint or 10,000 square feet, whichever is the smaller, with spray or
rotor irrigation heads; and
a. The use of drip irrigation, bubblers and micro -sprayers may be used to expand the irrigation
coverage area, without being included in the area calculation for spray or rotor irrigation
heads.
C. An irrigation permit shall only be given to irrigation systems meeting the above requirements. The
application for an irrigation permit shall include a detailed irrigation system plan meeting the
requirements above and including the appropriate prescribed settings for the rain sensor aad Atte
Ro,4o«FA SPRRefor moisture shut-off device or other technology based on the water requirements of
the plants and the soil depth at the site of installation.
D. All irrigators installing irrigation systems shall provide to the irrigation system owner, in writing, the
following:
1. A recommended seasonal irrigation schedule and instructions specifying how to use the irrigation
system and set the controller;
2. A copy of the irrigation system design plan; and
3. The schedule and design plan shall be affixed to the irrigation controller or an adjacent wall, if the
owner is not available at the time of installation.
Ordinance Number: DO 7' a ✓
Description: Water Utility ervic Ordinance
Date Approved: 3 01 2017