PROCLAMATION No. 1 of 2023 DECLARING A LOCAL EMERGENCY AND ORDER PROHIBITING THE ISSUANCE OF BUILDING AND CULINARY WATER CONNECTIONS WITHIN THE TOWN OF APPLE VALLEY
PROCLAMATION No. 1 of 2023 DECLARING A LOCAL EMERGENCY AND ORDER PROHIBITING THE ISSUANCE OF BUILDING AND CULINARY WATER CONNECTIONS WITHIN THE TOWN OF APPLE VALLEY
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Emergency Management
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Event Start Date & Time
September 22, 2023 04:25 PM
Description/Agenda
PROCLAMATION No. 1 of 2023
DECLARING A LOCAL EMERGENCY AND ORDER PROHIBITING THE ISSUANCE OF BUILDING AND CULINARY WATER CONNECTIONS WITHIN THE TOWN OF APPLE VALLEY
In accordance with Utah Code Section 53-2a-208(1), Mayor Frank Linhardt, as the chief executive of the Town of Apple Valley, may declare by proclamation a local emergency if he determines that (a) a disaster has occurred or the occurrence or threat or a disaster is imminent in an area of the municipality; and (b) the municipality requires additional assistance to supplement the response the response and recovery efforts of the municipality.
On or about September 21, 2023, an undetermined event caused a sudden drop in water levels in the aquifer supplying wells feeding the water tank serving the Cedar Point area of Apple Valley. This sudden event caused the tank to run dry without any water to refill the tank. According to the public water supplier for the area, The Big Plains Water Special Service District, the cause of the water level drop in the aquifer remains undetermined with no estimate on when water levels can be restored to begin drawing water from the aquifer to serve the culinary and emergency water needs for the area. On September 22, 2023, Chairman Barratt Nielson of the Big Plains Water Special Service District requested that the Town of Apple Valley not approve any permits for buildings or connections requiring culinary water until a supply of culinary water could be restored to the area.
Therefore, Mayor Frank Linhardt hereby declares a local emergency in the area of the Town of Apple Valley highlighted in green as set forth in Exhibit 'A' and issues an order that, effective immediately, no new building permits or connections requiring culinary water be approved or issued until the Town receives notification from the Big Plains Water Special Service District that adequate culinary water is available for culinary and emergency use.
This order remains in effect for 30 days unless extended by the Apple Valley Town Council.
This order shall be filed with the Apple Valley Town Clerk.
DATED this 22nd day of September 2023.
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