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THE CITY OFI I CITY COUNCIL AGENDA REPORT LEASANTON� October 17, 2017 Engineering Operations Services TITLE: INTRODUCE AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND MUNICIPAL CODE CHAPTERS 14.04 AND 14.08 TO ADD THE WATER SUBMETER REQUIREMENT FOR MULTIUNIT STRUCTURES FROM SENATE BILL 7 SUMMARY During the recent drought, the California legislature determined that individuals are more likely to conserve water when they can track their own usage. To enable persons living in multifamily residential dwellings to monitor their own water use, Senate Bill 7 requires multiunit residential structures with two or more dwelling units to have each residence either individually metered or submetered. Amendments are needed to Municipal Code Chapters 14 04 and 14.08 to incorporate these submetering requirements. Per state law, such submeters will be installed, maintained, and read by each property owner. The property owner is responsible to notify each of their tenants of their water usage. The City will read the main meter and bill the property owner only. The property owner may collect funds from each residential tenant, but only in the amount that covers the cost of the water supplied by the City and other charges allowed by SB 7. The City will have no responsibility regarding the submeters, other than to make sure they are installed before occupancy of a development. All water meter service fees (City and Zone 7) will be based upon the City meter installed. There will be no fees associated with the submeters. RECOMMENDATION Introduce the attached ordinance to amend the municipal code to incorporate the submetering requirements of SB 7. FINANCIAL STATEMENT The municipal code submetering changes will have no financial impact on the City. Developers will continue to pay fees and connection charges for individual water meters. SB 7 places the entire burden of submeter installation, maintenance, reading and allocation of water costs on private property owners.