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Board waives first reading and extends urgency ordinance for agricultural well permits; codification of permit procedures set for Nov. 4
Summary
Yolo County environmental-health staff asked the board to codify drought-era agricultural well-permitting rules adopted under urgency ordinance 15,69 and to extend the urgency ordinance to avoid a lapse while the permanent code amendment proceeds. The board waived first reading and voted to continue the item for adoption on Nov. 4.
The Yolo County Board of Supervisors on Aug. 21 introduced and waived first reading of an ordinance to codify emergency agricultural-well permitting procedures and extended the existing urgency ordinance to avoid a lapse before permanent code changes take effect.
What staff proposed: April Meneghetti, director of Environmental Health, presented the draft amendment to Title 6, Chapter 8 of the Yolo County Code to carry forward agricultural-well permitting procedures that were adopted under urgency ordinance 15,69 in October 2024. Those rules were originally put in place to respond to governor'level drought-related executive orders and to align county permitting with groundwater…
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