§ 8.92.010. Purpose.

The board of supervisors does hereby find, determine and declare that overall water use in the Nipomo Mesa Water Conservation Area has surpassed a sustainable capacity:

(1)

The consumption of water in the Nipomo Mesa Water Conservation Area has resulted in lowered groundwater levels that threaten water quality. In response to this threat to groundwater, the community's only fresh potable water source, the board of supervisors has certified a level of severity III for the Nipomo Mesa Water Conservation Area; this is the highest severity level in the county General Plan's Resource Management System.

(2)

The purpose of this chapter is to reduce the amount of water being used by residential, commercial and other uses located in the Nipomo Mesa Water Conservation Area. Reduction in water use shall be achieved through retrofitting existing plumbing fixtures with low water consumption plumbing fixtures in existing homes, businesses and institutional buildings upon the sale of any such structure that uses water from the Nipomo Mesa Water Conservation Area.

(Ord. No. 3157 § 1, 8-26-08)