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Ordinance amending South San Francisco Municipal Code Section 20.300.007 (Landscaping) relating to Water Efficient Landscaping Regulations.
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WHEREAS, in July of 2010, the City Council for the City of South San Francisco adopted a comprehensive update to the City's zoning ordinance, which repealed the then-existing Title 20 of the South San Francisco Municipal Code ("Zoning Ordinance"), and replaced it with an entirely new Title 20 that, among other actions, established new zoning districts, revised and reformatted many then-existing zoning provisions, eliminated inconsistent and outdated provisions, and codified entirely new zoning provisions, including new land use regulations and development standards; and,
WHEREAS, as part of the City's comprehensive Zoning Ordinance Update, the City Council adopted water efficient landscaping standards, codified in Section 20.300.007 (Landscaping) of the South San Francisco Municipal Code as required by State law; and
WHEREAS, on January 17, 2014, Governor Brown declared a state of emergency as a result of the drought conditions in the State of California; and
WHEREAS, on April 1, 2015, Governor Brown issued Executive Order B-29-15, directing the Department of Water Resources to update the State's Model Water Efficient Landscape Ordinance ("WELO") to increase water efficiency standards for new and existing landscapes; and
WHEREAS, the California Water Commission approved the revised model WELO on July 15, 2015; and
WHEREAS, beginning on December 1, 2015 the State's WELO became effective and the City desires to update its water efficiency landscaping requirements to make them consistent with State law; and
WHEREAS, City staff prepared the attached Zoning Ordinance text amendment ("Zoning Amendment" or "Ordinance") to incorporate the most recent State WELO requirements; and
WHEREAS, the proposed amendment is exempt from the requirements of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) under section 1...
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