(a) Council or the Supervisor of City Maintenance shall have the power to decide what shall be considered a waste or improper use of water and to restrict the use thereof when deemed necessary, and if the user neglects or refuses to comply with the directions given by Council or the Supervisor, the water shall be shut off and shall not again be turned on except by authorization of Council given at any regular meeting or at a special meeting called for that purpose. The Supervisor or any member of Council or the Chief of Police may enter the premises of any water user at all reasonable hours and examine the service lines and fixtures on such premises to determine the quantity of water being used and to determine whether or not water is being wasted or being used for purposes other than that for which application was made. The City shall at all times retain control of the corporation cock and the curb cock. Whenever, in the judgment of Council, the public exigencies require it, the City shall have the right and authority, by proclamation issued by the Mayor and distributed or posted about the City, to limit or wholly suspend and prohibit, for such length of time as his or her judgment may require, the drawing or use of water for streets, yards, lawns, gardens or automobile washing, or any other unnecessary use. No person shall violate or fail to comply with any such proclamation.
(b) No person shall permit water to be wasted by leaving a hose unattended and not in necessary use, permit water to run to prevent the freezing of pipes or fixtures or waste water from the water system of the City in any other manner. (Ord. 570. Passed 11-14-88.)