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SALT LAKE CITY ORDINANCE
No. 24 of 2014
(Amendment to Culinary Water Rate for Urban Vegetable Gardens)
An ordinance adding Section 17.16.685, Salt Lake City Code, relating to urban
vegetable gardens.
Be it ordained by the City Council of Salt Lake City, Utah:
SECTION 1. That Section 17.16.685, to the Salt Lake City Code, is added to read
as follows:
17.16.685: Urban Vegetable Garden Adjustment Program
Customers who occupy property with a vegetable garden of a size between 0.10 and 0.25
of an acre are eligible to request an adjustment related to additional allocation of water in
block 2 for the months of April through October in support of the City's local food
production initiative. The additional block 2 water allocation is based on 17.94 Ccf per
month for each 0.1 acres of vegetable garden between 0.1 acres and 0.25 acres. Water
used in excess of the adjusted block 2 allocation will be billed at block 3 and or block 4
rates. Applications for a Urban Vegetable Garden Adjustment, which includes an
additional block 2 water allocation, are made through the City's Department of Public
Utilities.
SECTION 2. This ordinance shall take effect immediately upon the date of its
first publication.
Passed by the City Council of Salt Lake it\ Utah this 20 day of May
2014.
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CITY RECORDER
Transmitted to Mayor on May 20, 2014 •
Mayor's Action: Approved. Vetoed.
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Published: 5-30-14 •
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