(A) The City Council may impose emergency regulations pertaining to the conservation of water by resolution of the City Council and by giving notice by publication or by posting in the City Hall and at those public places as the Council may direct.
(B) Whenever the City Council determines that a shortage of water supply threatens the city, it may, by resolution, limit the times and hours during which city water may be used for sprinkling, irrigation, car washing, and other external purposes. After publication of a notice setting for the restrictions for use of water or 2 days after mailing of a copy of the notice to each customer, no person shall use or permit water to be used in violation of the resolution and any customer who does so, shall be charged the sum as established by ordinance for each day of violation, and the charge shall be added to the customer's next water bill. Continued violation shall be cause for discontinuance of water service.
(Prior Code, § 1703.050) (Ord. 7460, passed 12-18-1990)
(C) Effective July 17, 2007, the following restrictions and conservation measures with regard to the use of the city water system by its users were imposed:
(1) Until further order of the City Council, there shall be no lawn sprinkling, irrigation, or watering of vegetation using the municipal water systems between the hours of 12:00 p.m. and 5:00 p.m. on all days of the week.
(2) For all users connected to the City of Lakeland municipal water system for the Cities of Lakeland, Lakeland Shores, Lake St. Croix Beach and St. Mary's Point, there shall be no lawn or garden sprinkling allowed except for even-numbered addresses on the even days of the week and for odd- numbered addresses on the odd days of the week. All these restrictions shall be subject to the complete prohibition against the use of the municipal water system for purposes of lawn or garden sprinkling between the hours of 12:00 p.m. and 5:00 p.m. on all days.
(Res. 2007-09, passed 7-17-2007) Penalty, see § 52.99