To: Honorable Mayor and Members of City Council
From: Joy Eldredge, Utilities Director
Prepared By: Natalia Hernandez, Office Assistant II
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Updated Regulations for Water Contamination Prevention
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RECOMMENDED ACTION:
Recommendation
Approve the second reading and final adoption of an ordinance amending Napa Municipal Code Chapter 13.08 Water Contamination Prevention Regulations.
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DISCUSSION:
This is the second reading and final adoption of an ordinance amending Napa Municipal Code Section 13.08 Water Contamination Prevention Regulations.
The introduction and first reading of the ordinance was held at the Regular City Council meeting on October 21, 2025. If approved the ordinance will become effective thirty days following adoption.
FINANCIAL IMPACTS:
The changes to NMC Chapter 13.08 Water Contamination Prevention Regulations are regulatory in nature and not expected to have an effect on revenues or expenditures.
CEQA:
City staff recommends that the City Council determine that the Recommended Action is exempt from CEQA pursuant to: Public Resources Code Section 21065, CEQA Guidelines Sections 15060(c) and/or 15378, since the revision of the City’s water contamination prevention regulations is not subject to environmental review under CEQA, as it does not constitute a “project,” does not commit the City to a definite course of action, does not constitute discretionary approval of a specific project, and will not result in a direct or reasonably foreseeable indirect physical change in the environment.
DOCUMENTS ATTACHED:
ATCH 1 - Ordinance
EX A - Amending NMC Chapter 13.08
ATCH 2 - City of Napa Cross-Connection Control Program
NOTIFICATION:
Legal notice of the public hearing for the ordinance was published in the Napa Valley Register on October 9, 2025