Unused water allocations for businesses in Pacific Grove may be handed over to homeowners on the city’s water waiting list.
The City Council on Wednesday voted 6-1 to approve a resolution allocating unused water credits and introduced a draft ordinance that would allow payment for unused public water credits held by the city.
Pacific Grove has a waiting list of applicants seeking permits to build new homes or businesses or to add bathrooms or other water-using facilities.
Property owners were notified by letter of the city’s intent to assign the credits. In one case, Tibor Rudas — who owns a commercial building at 610 Lighthouse Ave. and holds a 2.5 acre-foot allocation issued in 1996 for development of a 125-seat restaurant — was told to submit a building permit application and complete it in 60 days, and to assign an unused 1.57 acre-feet of water to the waiting list.
Now all you need is some $$ to build those bathrooms and businesses. Businesses? How much water does an art gallery use anyway?