(A) This section applies to all persons using town water, inside and outside the town limits, regardless of whether they have a contract for water service with the town. A customer of the town shall be responsible for all violations that occur in connection with water that passes through the meter for which the customer is billed by the town.
(B) Any person who uses water in violation of a restriction or ban imposed on the use of water during a mandatory conservation period, a period of water shortage emergency or in violation of a water rationing policy, or who otherwise violates the provisions of this section, or who impedes or interferes with any action undertaken or ordered pursuant to this section and policies adopted hereunder, shall be subject to the penalties listed below.
(1) Enforcement by police officers. Upon the declaration of mandatory conservation, water shortage emergency, or rationing, the Manager and every police officer of the town may enforce any restrictions or bans imposed on the use of water.
(2) Suspicion of violation. Whenever the town has reasonable cause to believe that a person is violating any of the provisions of this section or any policy adopted hereunder, the town shall immediately notify that person of the violation by affixing a written notice of the violation to the property where the violation occurred and personally delivering or mailing the notice to the customer of record and to any other person known to the town who is responsible for the violation or its correction. The notice shall describe the violation, order that it be corrected, cured or abated immediately or within the specified times as the Manager determines is reasonable under the circumstances, and warn that more severe measures, such as civil penalties, criminal charges or termination of water service may be brought, assessed or imposed. If the order is not complied with within the time period, the Manager may undertake enforcement action as follows.
(3) Enforcement action. Any person who, after being given notice of violation, does not comply with this section or policy adopted hereunder within the time period specified shall, at the option of the town, be subject to any of the following: Civil penalties, criminal penalties, termination of water service, injunctive relief, or any appropriate equitable remedy issuing from a court of competent jurisdiction.
(Ord. 2007-06, passed 10-25-2007)