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ORDINANCE NO.
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF CAMARILLO AMENDING CHAPTER 14.04 OF TITLE
14 OF THE CAMARILLO MUNICIPAL CODE RELATING
TO CROSS-CONNECTION CONTROL AND BACKFLOW
PREVENTION TO COMPLY WITH THE STATE WATER
RESOURCES CONTROL BOARD’S CROSS-
CONNECTION CONTROL POLICY HANDBOOK
The City Council of the City of Camarillo ordains as follows:
SECTION 1. Findings. The City Council finds as follows:
A. The State Water Resources Control Board adopted the Cross-Connection Control Policy Handbook (CCCPH) on December 19, 2023, which became effective on July 1, 2024, and updated in March 2025, and requires public water systems to update their cross-connection control programs and related local codes by July 1, 2025, to achieve compliance with the new state standards.
B. The CCCPH supersedes previous California Code of Regulations, Title 17, regulations and requires public water systems to implement more detailed cross- connection control plans, certified personnel requirements, hazard assessments, annual testing protocols, and expanded recordkeeping, outreach, and education measures.
C. The City of Camarillo (City) operates a municipal water system and administers its own cross-connection control program at Camarillo Municipal Code section 14.04. Amending Section 14.04 to be consistent with the updated CCCPH is necessary to protect the public water system from contamination and to ensure ongoing eligibility for permits and regulatory compliance.
D. The amendments to Chapter 14.04 of the Camarillo Municipal Code proposed by this ordinance incorporate the new CCCPH requirements and update the City’s cross-connection control program to ensure compliance with current state standards.
SECTION 2. Amendment to Chapter 14.04. As set forth in Exhibit A, Chapter 14.04 of Title 14 of the Camarillo Municipal Code is amended and restated.
SECTION 3. CEQA Determination. For purposes of the California Environmental Quality Act (Public Resources Code Section 21000, et seq.), a “project” is defined in State CEQA Guidelines Section 15378 (a) as “the whole of an action, which has a potential for resulting in either a direct physical change in the environment, or a reasonably foreseeable indirect physical change in the environment”. The City Council hereby finds that the action to adopt this ordinance will not result in any reasonably foreseeable change in the environment and thus is not a project subject to the requirements of CEQA.
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SECTION 4. Severability. If any section, subsection, subdivision, sentence, clause, phrase, or portion of this ordinance, is for any reason held to be invalid or unconstitutional by the decision of any court of competent jurisdiction, such decision will not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this ordinance. The City Council hereby declares that it would have adopted this ordinance, and each section, subsection, subdivision, sentence, clause, phrase, or portion thereof, irrespective of the fact that any one or more sections, subsections, subdivisions, sentences, clauses, phrases, or portions thereof be declared invalid or unconstitutional.
SECTION 5. Publication. The City Clerk is directed to certify the adoption of this ordinance and cause the same to be published in the manner required by law.
PASSED, APPROVED, AND ADOPTED this ___day of _____ 2025. _____________________________
Mayor
ATTEST:
___________________________________________
City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
City Attorney
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF VENTURA ) ss.
CITY OF CAMARILLO )
I, CARRIE WEAL, City Clerk of the City of Camarillo, do certify that Ordinance No. _______ was regularly introduced and placed upon its first reading at a regular meeting of the City Council on the _____ day of ______ 2025. Thereafter, said Ordinance No. _______ was duly adopted and passed at a regular meeting of the City Council on the _____ of ______ 2025, by the following vote:
AYES: Councilmembers:
NOES: Councilmembers:
ABSENT: Councilmembers:
City Clerk
c: Department of Public Works