A. In the event of emergency conditions affecting the availability of domestic water through the city facilities at any time due to climatic conditions, plant breakdown, capacity of the water treatment plant, or otherwise, the city manager may declare a water emergency and establish further restrictions or prohibitions for any exterior water application.
B. During periods of emergency water restrictions, no domestic water shall be used for garden, lawn or other exterior watering or sprinkling application, except upon the premises having an even street address on even days of the month or having an odd street address on odd days of the month and only during the hours of five-thirty p.m. and ten p.m.
C. No exterior watering shall be allowed on the thirty-first day of any month having thirty-one days.
D. Such restrictions shall not apply to water used primarily in the course and conduct of a recognized and ongoing business activity.
E. During emergency water restriction periods, the city manager may issue a special permit allowing daily watering during the designated hours for watering for a maximum of twenty-one days for new seed, or ten days for new sod, or for a time determined appropriate for other exceptional requirements. (Ord. 434 (part), 2001)