(a) Upon notice from the City of Cleveland, Division of Water and Heat of the Department of Public Utilities that a shortage of water supply exists which threatens the public health and safety and that the necessity exists to curtail water use within all or any part of the City of Brooklyn, Ohio, the Mayor is hereby authorized to proclaim a water use emergency throughout all or any part of the City of Brooklyn.
(b) A proclamation of a water use emergency shall specify:
(1) The geographic area within the City affected by the water use emergency;
(2) The length of time the emergency shall be in effect which time shall not exceed seven days; and
(3) The degree of water use curtailment.
(c) To implement the conservation of water use during a water use emergency, the Mayor may order the water use curtailment by prohibiting unnecessary use or consumption of water during all or specified hours of the day and/or may order that specified premises curtail necessary use or consumption of water on specified days only as the Mayor shall determine to be necessary.
(d) The proclamation of a water use emergency shall become effective at the time of issuance and signature by the Mayor. Notice thereof shall be given to a newspaper of general circulation within the Municipality and shall be reported to a local radio and television station for broadcast purposes.
(e) (1) "Unnecessary use or consumption" means the use or consumption of water for purposes other than personal health, safety, sanitation and bodily consumption. It includes, but is not limited to, sprinkling or watering lawns, other land irrigation, the washing of automobiles, houses or structures and the use of water for recreational purposes such as the maintenance of swimming pools.
(2) The use of water for private construction such as in the mixing and curing of concrete, the puddling of backfill in excavations, the moistening of masonry walls preparatory to pointing or sealing, and other similar uses is not an unnecessary use or consumption of water. The use of water to scrub and rinse areas such as hard-surfaced drives, garage floors, patios and similar uses where necessary for the purpose of sanitation and the protection of health is not an unnecessary use and consumption of water.
(f) No person or entity shall during a water use emergency use water in violation of the terms and conditions of the Mayor's water use emergency proclamation.
(g) Whoever violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the third degree. A separate offense shall be deemed committed each day during or on which a violation or noncompliance occurs or continues.
(Ord. 1981-23. Passed 10-12-81.)