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Council approves first reading to add fourth drought stage, limits drip irrigation and allows recirculating fountains at Stage 2
Summary
Fair Oaks Ranch City Council approved the first reading of an ordinance amending the drought contingency plan to add a fourth stage, impose additional irrigation limits at higher stages and—by amendment—allow ornamental fountains that use recirculating technology to operate during Stage 2.
Fair Oaks Ranch City Council voted on Jan. 16 to approve the first reading of an ordinance that amends the city’s drought contingency plan to expand the plan from three stages to four and to tighten restrictions on landscape irrigation and other nonessential uses under higher-stage conditions.
Project manager Kelsey Delgado told council the draft ordinance implements revisions discussed at a December workshop to better align the city’s triggers with its water providers. Delgado said the new stage—inserted between the existing moderate and severe levels—limits landscape watering via irrigation systems to once every other week for the revised Stage…
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