Council amends code so city need not automatically follow county drought declarations
Council approved an amendment to the city code to decouple the city's drought-emergency declaration from Rockingham County's declarations; the change follows DEQ agreement and lets the city base drought actions on its own standards or DEQ regional findings.
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City Attorney explained that the city's current water withdrawal permit and ordinance require the city to declare a drought emergency if Rockingham County does the same; staff worked with the Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) to remove that requirement. Under the approved amendment, the city will not automatically adopt a county drought declaration but will instead use its own standards or follow DEQ regional declarations.
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