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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance - 2345 - Amend Title 14 .... ..,:./ - e ORDINANCE NO. 2345 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF REDDING AMENDING CHAPTER 14.08 (WATER) OF THE REDDING MUNICIPAL CODE BY ADDING SECTION 14.08.245 RELATING TO PROHIBITED ADDITIVES IN THE CITY'S PUBLIC WATER SUPPLY WHEREAS, on November 2, 2002, in a General Municipal Election, the citizens of Redding approved Measure A, a citizen initiative which precludes any person from introducing certain additives into the public water supply of Redding; and WHEREAS, by its terms, the ordinance approved by the voters as a result of Measure A was not codified into the Municipal Code of the City of Redding and the codification of the ordinance into the Municipal Code may only be accomplished by enactment of another ordinance. NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS RESOLVED THAT THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF REDDING DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Chapter 14.08 (Water) is hereby amended by adding section 14.08.245 to incorporate language approved by the voters as a result of Measure A to read as follows: 14.08.245 ~rohibition on additives into the City water supply. In order to ensure that the public water of Redding is safe to drink, it shall be unlawful and a public nuisance for any person, agent, or any public or private water system, to add any product, substance, or chemical to the public water supply for 'the purpose of treating or affecting the physical or mental functions of the body of any person, rather than to make water safe or potable, unless the substance meets the following criteria: 1) The substance must have been specifically approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for safety and effectiveness with a margin of safety that is protective for all adverse health and cosmetic effects at all ranges of unrestricted consumption. 1 tJ l.JJ ~ .... ,- e e 2) The substance, at Maximum Use Levels, must contain no contaminants at concentrations that exceed U.S. Maximum Contaminant Level Goals or California Public Health Goals, whichever is more protective. If any provision of this act or the application thereof to any person or circumstance is held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect other provisions or applications of the act which can be given effect without the invalid provision or application, and to this end the provisions of this act are severable. Section 2. The passage of this ordinance is not a "project" according to the definition in the California Environmental Quality Act, and therefore is not subject to the provisions requiring environmental review. Section 3. This ordinance shall take effect 30 days after the date of its adoption, and the City Clerk shall certify to the adoption thereof and cause its publication according to law. I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing ordinance was introduced and read by the City Council at a regular meeting on the 3rd day of May 2005; and was duly read and adopted at a regular meeting on the 17th day of May 2005, by the following vote: AYES: NOES: ABSENT: ABSTAIN: COUNCIL MEMBERS: Dickerson, Murray, Pohlmeyer, and Mathena COUNCIL MEMBERS: None COUNCIL MEMBERS: Stegall COUNCIL MEMBERS: None ---.-..- Z. HN R. MATHENA Mayor Attest: ,. Form Approved: .,. ..... '. ~ ... ,,;.. 2