(A) The Town Manager may issue a water shortage declaration by signing a notice of water shortage declaration. A water shortage declaration will take effect on the effective date, and time, specified in said notice. A water shortage declaration, including any amendment thereto, may be issued for the entire town’s water distribution system, or for any designated portion(s) thereof. Upon issuance, a water shortage declaration shall remain in effect until amended, or terminated, in accordance with this article.
(B) A water shortage declaration may be amended, or terminated, by the issuance of a notice of such action signed by the Town Manager, and posted in accordance with this section. Water conservation controls imposed pursuant to this article, and/or the portion of the town’s water distribution system, subject to an existing water shortage declaration, may be revised by amending such a declaration. The termination of a water shortage declaration will automatically terminate all mandatory water conservation controls imposed by the declaration pursuant to this article.
(C) A notice required by this article must specify the effective date, and time, of said notice, and be publicly posted in the Town Hall, 19 N. Main Avenue, Maiden, North Carolina, or any other place designated by law or the Town Council for the posting of public notices for at least 12 hours before taking effect; provided, that the Town Manager may determine that the following notices need not be posted for any minimum period of time: A notice of termination of a water shortage declaration; a notice of amendment of a water shortage declaration that reduces the portion of the town’s water distribution system subject to said declaration, and/or the mandatory water conservation controls in effect; and a notice of a water shortage declaration, or amendment thereto, under emergency conditions, as set forth therein. All notices posted pursuant to this article shall state the date, and time, of posting.