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Any hose which is connected to a pipe having service from or through the Chicago Waterworks System, shall be turned off and shall not be used: (1) for sprinkling on consecutive days between May 15 and September 15, inclusive, or (2) for sprinkling, washing windows, walks or other like purposes, except between the hours of 5:00 a.m. and 8:00 a.m. and between the hours of 7:00 p.m. and 10:00 p.m. excluding Saturdays, Sundays and holidays (irrespective of whether the water is controlled by meter or not), or (3) for the benefit of adjacent lots unless such lots have a common owner or tenant, and unless the hose is connected to a metered supply. Provided, however, that the prohibition against consecutive-day sprinkling set forth in item (1) of this section shall not apply to any newly seeded or newly sodded lawn during the 90-day period following such seeding or sodding.
Provided further, that the commissioner may, at the commissioner's discretion, authorize the use of a hose or sprinkling at any hour on public parks, boulevards, and other public grounds if, in the commissioner's judgment, such use of a hose or such sprinkling is not prejudicial to the water supply of contiguous premises.
In no case shall any person make use of a hose which is connected at a cock, faucet, valve or any other opening on premises having an unmetered service or supply, to sprinkle or serve in any way premises having a metered supply.
Each day that water or hose is used in violation of the foregoing provisions shall constitute a distinct and separate offense.
(Prior code § 185-13; Amend Coun. J. 12-4-02, p. 99026, § 1.12; Amend Coun. J. 3-1-06, p. 71320, § 1; Amend Coun. J. 11-16-16, p. 37901, Art. IV, § 2)