(A) Any automatic lawn sprinkler system making use of water provided by or through the town municipal water system shall be equipped with a rain sensor device or switch that will automatically override the irrigation cycle of such sprinkler system when adequate rainfall has occurred.
(B) The Town Director of Public Works shall determine the method by which an appropriate level of “adequate rainfall” will be measured and the method by which the automatic lawn sprinkler system will be deactivated by the rain sensor device or switch. In making such determinations, the Director of Public Works may be guided but not controlled by the specifications of manufacturers of said automatic lawn sprinkler systems.
(C) Any person who uses water from a faucet or spigot which is not connected to the municipal water system may apply to the Water and Sewer Commission for a certificate evidencing such fact and, upon inquiry from any person charged with the enforcement of such section, shall make such certificate available to the enforcement officer.
(D) The provisions of this section shall apply to any automatic lawn sprinkler system installed on or after the effective date of this section.
(Ord. passed 6-29-2004) Penalty, see § 50.99
Editor’s note:
TM Volume 22, page 388