(A) Use of water during fires. During the time of fires, the use of water for lawn purposes is prohibited, and any person violating this section is guilty of a misdemeanor.
(Prior Code, § 11.0109)
(B) Turning on water. Any person who shall turn on the supply of water to a service pipe from which the same has been turned off by the city on account of non-payment of water rates or for any other reason without having first obtained a permit to do so or who shall have turned on such water without having first obtained a permit from the proper city officials as in this subchapter provided shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and punishable as provided for by the general penalty provision of this subchapter.
(Prior Code, § 11.0110)
(C) Turning on water. Any person who shall turn on water in any hydrant or from any part of the waterworks plant, except as public drinking fountains or in the case of fire, without permission of the person in charge of the system shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and any person who shall climb on the water tower or on the ladder thereon without the permission of the person in charge of the Waterworks System, if convicted, shall be punished in accordance with the general punishment provisions of the city’s revised code.
(Prior Code, § 11.0114)
(D) Restrictions, sprinkling, and air conditioning. All water used for air conditioning or cooling systems, lawn or garden sprinkling, watering of trees or shrubs, the washing of cars, or any other use other than domestic or necessary commercial use may be restricted at any time by the City Council should the scarcity of water or an emergency of any kind so require. Such restrictions shall be imposed by resolution of the City Council and notice thereof given to the public by publication of such restrictions and the extent thereof in the official newspaper and, if possible, by radio or television announcement at least 24 hours before the effective date of such restriction. It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, or corporation to use city water in the manner or at the times restricted by such resolution. The term sprinkling shall include the use in any manner of water for lawn or garden purposes where such water is distributed by the use of any hose or conduit.
(Prior Code, § 11.0115)
Penalty, see § 52.99