HomeMy WebLinkAbout1890n~~dinance No . 1890
AN URGEI~C~ ORDINANCE PROHIBITING INT~;RFERENCE
WITH EXISTING ~?ATER COURSES WITHIN THE
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~. The Board of Supervisors of the County of Butte, State
2 of California, DO ORDAIN as follows:
3 Section 1. Within the area in the unincorporated area
~ of Butte County known as Thermalito, potential flooding hazards
5 will occur if the existing water courses are filled or blocked.
6 This area is experiencing very rapid growth, caused in part by
7 the recent sewer project servicing the area. There is a strong
8 need, based upon the public's health and safety, that existing
9 water courses and their storm water carrying capacities be pre-
la served pending a complete drainage study and plan for the area.
lI Section 2. It shall be unlawful to alter,; block, fill,
12 divert or otherwise impair the existing water courses within the
13 area described herein.
14 The water courses referred to in this ordinance shall be
15 as delineated on that certain map entitled "Thermalito Drainage
18 Study", prepared by Geddes and Driscoll, dated September 2l, 1977,
27 copies of which are on file with the County Clerk, the County
18 Department of Public Works, the County Planning Department, and
19 the County Health Department, and referred to on said map as
20 "major drainage courses."
2I Section 3. This ordinance .shall apply to that. certain
22 real property as is located within the unincorporated area
23 described in Exhibit "A", which is incorporated herein as is set
24 forth in full.
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1 Section 4, Any violation of this ordinance is a mis~-
2 ..demeanor punishable by a fine of not more than one hundred
3 dollars ($100.00) or by imprisonment in the county jail for not
~ more than thirty (30) days, or by both such fine and imprisonment.
~ Section 5. If any section or part of this ordinance
B shall be for any reason judicially determined to be invalid, such
7 invalidity shall not affect the remaining portions hereof.
8 Section b. This urgency ordinance shall take effect
9 immediately upon its passage, and before the expiration of fifteen
10 (15) days after its passage shall be published once with the name
I1 of the members of the Board of Supervisors voting for and against
12 the same in the Orovi~~e Mercury a newspaper
13 in general circulation in the County of Butte, State of
14 California.
15 The facts constituting the urgency on which this ordin-
1B ante is based are: the rapid development of property within
17 the area, primarily due to the availability of the recent sewer
18 system servicing the axea and the winter rains which have
19 commenced and which are expected to continue during the winter
20 months. The health, welfare and safety of the people of the
2I County of Butte require that this ordinance be adapted as an
22 urgency ordinance.
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PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Butte County Board of
Supervisors this 6th day of December 1977
by the following vote:
AYES : Supervisors Lemke, Madigan, Moseley, Winston and Chairman Richter
NOES : None
ABSENT: None
NOT VOTING: None
BERNARD D . ~ RI.CHTER, C aixinan o the
Butte County Board of Supervisors
ATTEST:
CLARK A. NELSON, County Clerk and
ex-officio Clerk of the Board
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