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DRAFT <br />ORDINANCE 1V0. <br />attorney\ordwork\current\Drought Contingency Ord - 2009 <br />AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF PARIS, TEXAS, ADOPTING A REVISED <br />DROUGHT CONTINGENCY PLAN; ESTABLISHING CRITERIA FOR THE <br />INITIATION AND TERMINATION OF DROUGHT RESPONSE STAGES; <br />ESTABLISHING RESTRICTIONS ON CERTAIN WATER USES; ESTABLISHING <br />PENALTIES FOR THE VIOLATION OF AND PROVISIONS FOR ENFORCEMENT <br />OF THESE RESTRICTIONS; ESTABLISHING PROCEDURES FOR GRANTING <br />VARIANCES; PROVIDING A REPEALER CLAUSE, A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE, A <br />SAVINGS CLAUSE, A PENALTY CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. <br />WHEREAS, the City of Paris, Texas recognizes that the amount of water available to the City <br />and its water utility customers is limited and subject to depletion during periods of extended <br />drought; <br />WHEREAS, the City recognizes that natural limitations due to drought conditions and other <br />acts of God cannot guarantee an uninterrupted water supply for all purposes; <br />WHEREAS, Section 11.1272 of the Texas Water Code and applicable rules of the Texas <br />Commission on Environmental Quality require all public water supply systems in Texas to prepare <br />a drought contingency plan; and <br />WHEREAS, the City of Paris' Drought Conringency Plan has not been updated since 2005; <br />and, <br />WHEREAS, as authorized under law, and in the best interests of the citizens of Paris, Texas, <br />the City Council of the City of Paris deems it expedient and necessary to establish certain rules and <br />policies for the orderly and efficient management of limited water supplies during drought and <br />other water supply emergencies, in the form of a drought contingency plan for both retail and <br />wholesale water customers, as the same are defined herein. <br />NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS, <br />TEXAS: <br />Section 1. That the findings set out in the preamble to this ordinance are hereby in all <br />things approved. <br />Section 2. That Article IV, entitled "Drought Contingency Plan for Retail Water Customers," <br />of Chapter 34 of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Paris, Texas be, and hereby is amended to <br />read as follows: <br />"Article IV. Drought Contingency Plan for Retail Water Customers <br />"Sec. 34-150. Declaration of Policy, Purpose, and Intent <br />~ 93 <br />