(A) Emergency proclamation. Whenever the water supply of the city is diminished, from any cause whatever, to an amount which in the opinion of the Mayor is or is likely to become dangerous to the health and safety of the public, the Mayor is hereby authorized and empowered to issue a proclamation in the form of a public notice containing regulations on the use of water from the city water distribution system. Such regulations may provide for the limited usage of water, limitations on days and hours of use for some or all purposes, and the prohibition of specified uses. Upon issuing the proclamation, the Mayor shall make the contents thereof known to the public by news release to the local newspapers and radio media, and may also notify the citizens in any other practical manner that he shall devise. Further, the Mayor shall immediately notify all members of the City Council of the nature of the emergency and the regulations that have been imposed.
(B) The emergency proclamation of the Mayor and the regulations imposed thereby shall remain in full force and effect until any one of the following shall occur:
(1) The Mayor determines that the emergency no longer exists and that the emergency proclamation and the regulations imposed thereby shall no longer continue in effect.
(2) The City Council modifies, repeals or makes permanent the emergency proclamation and the regulations imposed thereby, by means of an ordinance passed at any regular or special meeting of the City Council.
(3) The first regular meeting of the City Council occurring more than 30 days after the emergency proclamation of the Mayor.
(C) Any city employee or officer may, at the direction of the Mayor, notify and warn any person of the effect of the proclamation and direct the person to comply with the watering or sprinkling restrictions. If any person, after having first been warned about the restrictions of the proclamation, the person shall be deemed to be in violation of this section.
(`79 Code, § 52.01) (Ord. 92-292, passed 7-20-92) Penalty, see § 10.99