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The following types of customers or uses are those which exist in the city's current utility billing system,as follows: A. "Single-family residential individually metered"consists of water service to land improved with structures designed to serve as a residence for a single family, including single-family home, townhomes,and condominiums. B. "Commercial and multiple-family"consists of water service to land improved with structures designed to serve commercial(including restaurants), recreational, charitable,educational and cultural uses,as well as residential uses sharing water meters. C. "Irrigation"consists of water service which is separately metered and is used exclusively to water turf and other landscaping areas. D. "Special landscape areas"are uses as defined in the California Water Efficient Landscape Ordinance Government Code Section 65591 et seq. (Ord.2148 § 1,2016;Ord. 2118 § 1,2015; Ord. 2104 § 1,2014;Ord.2092 § 1,2014) 9.30.060 Stages for reduction in water use. The following stages of action for reduction in water use depend on the total amount of water supplied to the city by Zone 7 Water Agency and the amount of water the city is able to pump out of the groundwater basin from its own wells. These stages are based on the Water Shortage Contingency Plan,a component of the Urban Water Management Plan. If a stage of mandatory water reduction is declared,the city council may also enact Water Drought Rates as specified in PMC 14.04.070 and the Master Fee Schedule. REDUCTIONS IN WATER USE Stage Overall Reduction Voluntary or Mandatory 1 Up to 10% Voluntary 2 Up to 20% Voluntary or Mandatory 3 Up to 30% Mandatory 4 Up to 40% Mandatory 5 Up to 50% Mandatory 6 More than 50% Mandatory (Ord. 2148 § 1,2016;Ord.2118 § 1,2015;Ord. 2104 § 1,2014; Ord. 2092 § 1,2014) 9.30.070 Calculation of customer reduction in water use. California Water Code Section 10632(a)(6)requires a water supplier to penalize or charge for excessive water use,where applicable. To comply with this state mandate,water use shall be calculated as described in this section. A. When a water shortage is declared with mandatory reductions in water use,the director may impose the applicable stage of mandatory reduction by calculating customers' average usage for the same billing period from one to four prior years,as data is available. If sufficient historic usage information is not available,the director may base water use allocations on a combination of the limited historic usage