HomeMy WebLinkAboutDocumentation_Regular_Tab 10A_8/23/1990VILLAGE OF TEQUESTA
BUILDING DEPARTMENT
Post Office Box 3273 • 3�7 Tequesta Drive
Tequesta, Florida 33469-0273 • (407) 575-6220
FAX: (407) 575-6203
MEMORANDUM
TO: Thomas G. Bradford, Village Manager
FROM: Scott D. Ladd, Building Official
DATE: July 16, 1990
SUBJECT: Proposed Water Protection and Conservation Ord.
Tom, attached is a copy of proposed Ordinance No.
411 and Exhibit "A" thereof. Ordinance No. 411 sets forth
certain water protection requirements by referencing the
Villaqe of Tequesta Cross -Connection Control Manual (Exhibit
"A") and also sets forth certain water conservation
requirements that are the result of data obtained from several
appropriate water resource agencies, i.e., the South Florida
Water Management District, American National Standards
Institute, American Society of Mechanical Engineers, and
others. Ordinance No. 411 has been reviewed by the Village
Attorney and approved for legal sufficiency.
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cc: Tom Hall
ORDINANCE NO. 411_
AN ORDINANCE OF THE VILLAGE COUNCIL OF THE VILLAGE OF
TEQUESTA, PALM BEACH COUNTY, FLORIDA, CREATING POTABLE
AND IRRIGATION WATER PROTECTION AND CONSERVATION
REQUIREMENTS; PROVIDING FOR TITLE; PROVIDING FOR
PURPOSE AND INTENT; PROVIDING FOR APPLICABILITY
THROUGHOUT THE TEQUESTA WATER SERVICE AREA; PROVIDING
WATER PROTECTION AND CONSERVATION REQUIREMENTS AND
STANDARDS; PROVIDING REQUIREMENTS FOR PLAN REVIEW,
PERMITS AND INSPECTIONS BY THE VILLAGE OF TEQUESTA;
PROVIDING REQUIREMENTS FOR FEES FOR PLAN REVIEW AND
INSPECTION SERVICES; PROVIDING FOR PENALTIES;
PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY; PROVIDING FOR CODIFICATION;
PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, The Growth Management Act of 1985, as amended,
and F.A.C. Rule 9J-51 as amended, require that local
governments adopt comprehensive plans; and
WHEREAS, these statutory provisions and rules require,
in part, that local governments implement water protection and
conservation policies and programs; and
WHEREAS, the Village of Tequesta, Florida, has adopted
a Comprehensive Development Plan, pursuant to these statutory
provisions and rules and other authority; and
WHEREAS, the Potable Water Utility Element of the
Village of Tequesta Comprehensive Development Plan at Policy
No. 1.3.4 requires that the Village shall continue to actively
enforce all existing potable water planning policies, as well
as continue to research and develop additional planning
policies for the protection and conservation of potable water
resources within the Village's service area; and
WHEREAS, Policy 1. 5. 2 of this same Potable Water
Utility Element requires that the Village establish a
permitting procedure to ensure that adequate facility capacity
exists or will exist concurrently with development to maintain
adopted level of service standards.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Village Council
of the Village of Tequesta, Palm Beach County, Florida, as.
follows:
Section 1. Title. This Ordinance shall be known as"
and may be cited as the "Water Protection and Conservation
Ordinance" of the Village of Tequesta, Florida.
Section 2_ Purpose and Intent. The purpose of this,
Ordinance is to protect and conserve the potable and -irrigation;
water resources within the Village's water service area, and;
further, it is the intent of the Village of Tequesta to;
accomplish this purpose through the implementation of the!
requirements and standards as set forth herein.
Section 3. Applicability.
a. Theih recitations set forth in the "whereas"
paragraphs above are incorporated by reference herein as
findings of fact upon which this ordinance is based.
b. All provisions of this Ordinance shall be effective
within the Village of Tequesta water service area including but
not limited to the Village of Tequesta, the Town of Jupiter,
the Town of Jupiter Inlet Colony, unincorporated Palm Beach
County and Martin County.
C. This Ordinance shall be liberally construed to
effect the purpose set forth herein.
Section 4. Water Protection Requirements. All
potable and irrigation water service distribution and plumbing
systems shall meet the requirements of the Village of Tequesta
Cross Connection and Backflow Prevention policy attached to
this Ordinance as Exhibit "A" and as fully as if set forth
herein. When a conflict exists between a requirement set forth
in the Village of Tequesta Cross Connection and Backflow
Prevention policy and the adopted Plumbing Code of an affected
governmental agency, the more stringent requirement shall be
adhered to.
Section 5. Water Conservation Requirements. All newj
construction and additions, alterations and/or remodeling that
includes plumbing work and additions, alterations and/or
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remodeling that is in excess of fifty percent (50%) of the
assessed value of the structure shall be required to install
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water conservation fixtures, devices and appliances as follows: II
a. Low -flush toilets. Toilets that use no more than
3.5 gallons of water per flush, and meet the performance
standard A112.19.2M-1982 of the American National Standards
Institute (ANSI).
b. Low -flow shower heads. Shower heads that allow no
more than 2.75 gallons per minute + 0.25 gpm at water pressures
up to 80 pounds per square- inch and meet ANSI standard
A112. 18. 1M-1979.
C. Low -flow faucets. Lavatory and sink faucets that
allow no more than 2.75 gpm + 0.25 gpm at water pressures up to
80 psi and meet ANSI standard A112.18.1M-1979.
d. Moisture control mechanisms and systems._The
installation and use of soil tensiometers, rain sensors,
moisture control systems or similar approved devices shall be:
required on all irrigation systems.
Section 6. Plan Review and Inspection Fees. Fees)
shall be paid to the Village of Tequesta as follows:
a. Plan Review Fee. One percent (1%) of Capital
Improvement Charge (CIC) per Equivalent Residential Connection
(ERC) payable at time of application along with two (2) sets of,
construction drawings for the proposed new construction,
addition, alteration or remodeling, indicating all new and/or
modified plumbing systems and fixtures.
b. Inspection Fee. Two percent (2%) of Capital
Improvement Charge (CIC) per Equivalent Residential Connection
(ERC) payable at time of application.
C. Capital Improvement Charge (CIC). The Capital
Improvement Charge (CIC) shall be as set forth in the Village)
of Tequesta Water Department Rate Table and as may be amended
from time to time.
Section 7. Penalties. Violations of the provisions
of this Ordinance, after notice by a Village Official, shall
constitute a misdemeanor. Any person upon convyiction of such
misdemeanor shall be fined not more than f ivelundred dollars
($500.00) or imprisoned for not more than six (6) months orl
both, and in addition, shall pay all costs and expenses)
involved in the case. Each day such violation continues shall
be considered a separate offense. Additionally, a violation'
thereof shall result in revocation of any permit granted for
construction or renovation defined herein.
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Section 8. Severability. If any provision of this
Ordinance or the application thereof is held invalid, such
invalidity shall not affect the other provisions or
applications of this Ordinance which can be given effect
without the invalid provisions or applications, and to this
end, the provisions of this Ordinance are hereby declared
severable.
Section 9. Codification. This Ordinance shall be
codified and made a part of the official Code of Ordinances of
the Village of Tequesta.
Section 10.-
Effective Date. This Ordinance shall take
effect immediately upon its passage and approval, as provided
by law.
THE FOREGOING ORDINANCE
Councilmember
adoption. The Ordinance
Councilmember
put to a vote, the vote was as follows:
FOR ADOPTION
was
was offered by
who moved its
seconded byl
and upon being!
AGAINST ADOPTION
The Mayor thereupon declared the Ordinance duly passed
and adopted this day of 1990.
MAYOR OF TEQUESTA I
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ATTEST:
Village Clerk
Joseph N. Capretta