NOTICE BY THE LIVINGSTON CITY COUNCIL OF ITS INTENT TO ADOPT AN ORDINANCE An Ordinance adding Chapter 9-13 (Water Conservation Requirements) to the Livingston Municipal Code, establishing a comprehensive water conservation framework, including permanent, year-round water conservation requirements and six standard water supply shortage levels with progressively more stringent mandatory restrictions, consistent with the City’s Urban Water Management Plan and Water Shortage Contingency Plan, and providing for variances, enforcement, and penalties. 2. An Ordinance amending Sections 9-5-45, 9-5-71, and 9-5-72, of Chapter 9-5 (Water Service Regulations), conforming the City’s existing water use curtailment, water waste, and water restriction provisions to new Chapter 9-13. 3. An Ordinance amending Section 9-12-7 of Chapter 9-12 (Urban Stormwater Quality Management), conforming the irrigation leak-correction period to the standard used in Chapter 9-13 and the Water Shortage Contingency Plan.

PUBLIC NOTICE

NOTICE BY THE LIVINGSTON CITY COUNCIL OF ITS INTENT TO ADOPT AN ORDINANCE

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on October 20, 2026, at 7:00 p.m., or as soon after as the matter may be heard, the City Council of the City of Livingston intends to adopt the Ordinances, entitled:

1. An Ordinance adding Chapter 9-13 (Water Conservation Requirements) to the Livingston Municipal Code, establishing a comprehensive water conservation framework, including permanent, year-round water conservation requirements and six standard water supply shortage levels with progressively more stringent mandatory restrictions, consistent with the City’s Urban Water Management Plan and Water Shortage Contingency Plan, and providing for variances, enforcement, and penalties.
2. An Ordinance amending Sections 9-5-45, 9-5-71, and 9-5-72, of Chapter 9-5 (Water Service Regulations), conforming the City’s existing water use curtailment, water waste, and water restriction provisions to new Chapter 9-13.
3. An Ordinance amending Section 9-12-7 of Chapter 9-12 (Urban Stormwater Quality Management), conforming the irrigation leak-correction period to the standard used in Chapter 9-13 and the Water Shortage Contingency Plan.

The City of Livingston, as the Lead Agency, has determined that the ordinances are exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act ("CEQA") under State CEQA Guidelines Sections 15307, 15308, and 15061(b)(3) (and, as to emergency drought-response provisions, Section 15269). No further environmental review is required.

Staff report and copies of the proposed ordinances will be available for review at the City of Livingston, 1416 “C” Street. Please submit written comments to: Anthony Chavarria, Director of Public Works, City of Livingston, by mail at 1416 “C” Street, Livingston, CA 95334 or by email at achavarria@livingstonca.gov and mcisneros@livingstonca.gov by October 20, 2026, at 2:00 pm to be included in the record. Written or oral comments may also be presented at the hearing. Please Note: If you challenge the City Council’s action on these ordinances in court, you may be limited to raising only those issues you or someone else raised at the public hearing described in this notice, or in written correspondence delivered to the City at, or prior to, the public hearing.

In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, if you need special assistance to participate in this meeting, please contact the City Clerk at (209) 394-8041, ext. 121, at least 48 hours prior to the meeting to enable the City to make reasonable arrangements.

A copy of the full text of the ordinance is available for public review at City Hall, 1416 C Street, Livingston, CA 95334 or at www.cityoflivingston.org