Whenever the City Council of the city finds that primary water supplies are below the level necessary to provide the quality and quantity of treated water to meet normal needs and that serious shortages of treated water exists to serve the city, City Council shall be empowered to declare by proper local government action that a water shortage emergency exists. Essential uses (Class 1) shall be identified, in specific, as uses for voluntary conservation initiatives. Also, all socially or economically important uses (Class 2) shall be totally banned or hours of water use regulated in addition to the non-essential uses (Class 3). These restrictions shall be considered continuing until the emergency phase is declared ended by proper local government action by the City Council or Mayor. Publication of these declarations shall follow the procedures set forth in § 53.18, but declarations of a water shortage emergency shall be immediately effective as an emergency measure upon passage of the local government action.
(Ord. O-17-88, passed 7-26-88)