(a) Every new irrigation system installation shall be separately connected to an irrigation meter. Every existing commercial or multi-family residential irrigation system shall be taken off of regular water meters and connected to a separate irrigation meter within 18 months of the effective date of the ordinance from which this section is derived.
(b) Waivers from this "separate meter" requirement for existing nonresidential irrigation systems may be granted by the director of utilities ("director") within 18 months after the effective date of the ordinance from which this section is derived, if:
(1) The cost of modification for the separate irrigation meter will exceed the greater of:
a. Twelve hundred dollars; or
b. Twenty percent of the initial installation cost for the irrigation system, plus all improvements; and
(2) The customer enters into a written agreement with the town to establish a site-specific water allocation for irrigation.
(c) If the customer ever exceeds the site-specific water allocation assigned to him, then the waiver shall lapse and the customer shall be required to install a separate irrigation meter. The director shall establish the procedures for the documentation necessary for establishing such situations.
(Code 1976, § 17-9; Code 1982, § 19-40; Ord. No. 02-025, 11-21-2002; Ord. No. 2019-Code-04, 10-10-2019; Ord. No. 2022-Code-01, 4-28-2022)