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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.
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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
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HN R. MATHENA Mayor
Attest:
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Form Approved:
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