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Ordinance No. 1508 "Chapter 9.30 Water Conservation Plan 9.30,010. DECLARATION OF EMERGENCY. It is hereby found and declared that a water shortage and emergency exists within the water service area of the City of Pleasanton, as total projected customer water use from May through September (the peak summer period of this and any future year), may exceed the projected water supply for the same period. It is necessary to regulate and prohibit certain water uses as provided in this ordinance in order to address adequately this water shortage and emergency. 9.30.020. DECLARATION OF PURPOSE. The purpose of Ordinance is to provide both voluntary and mandatory water conservation stages to minimize the effect of a shortage of water on the City's customers and, by means of this Ordinance, to adopt provisions that will significantly reduce the consumption of water over an extended period of time, thereby extending the available water required for the City's customers while reducing the hardship to the greatest extent possible on or to the City and on or to the general public. 9.30,030. APPLICATION OF ORDINANCE. The provisions of this ordinance shall apply to all customers, as defined herein, regardless of whether any customer using water shall have a contract for water service with the City. Notwithstanding other Municipal Code provisions inconsistent with this Ordinance, the provisions of this Ordinance shall supersede and prevail for the duration of the emergency and until termination of this Ordinance. 9.30,040. DEFINITIONS. A. "Allocation" means the amount of water used by a customer during the comparable summer'billing period in 1990, as reduced by the percentage established in Stage II through Stage VI herein; provided, however, that for residential customers, the allocation shall never exceed the "ceiling" as established in the various Stages. B. "Ceiling" means twice the amount of the "floor." C. "City" means the City of Pleasanton. 3