§ 96.05 MANDATORY WATER CONSERVATION; EXEMPTIONS.
   (A)   During a water warning or a water emergency, it shall be unlawful for a water user to cause, permit, allow, do, or engage in any of the following actions:
      (1)   Sprinkling, watering, or irrigating of grass;
      (2)   Washing cars, trucks, trailers, mobile homes, railroad cars or any other type of mobile equipment, except as required by applicable local, state, or federal law for health or safety reasons;
      (3)   Using water to clean sidewalks, driveways, paved areas, structures, buildings, or other outdoor surfaces;
      (4)   Filling empty swimming pools;
      (5)   Installing new landscaping or new lawn by using sod until return to normal conditions are declared by the Mayor;
      (6)   Using hydrants except for fire suppression or as otherwise directed by the water companies; and
      (7)   Operating decorative water fountains that are non-recycling.
   (B)   In addition to the prohibitions listed in division (A) of this section, it shall be unlawful during a water emergency for a water user to cause, permit, allow, do, or engage in any outdoor watering; provided, however, that vegetable gardens and flowers may be watered every other day by container or handheld hose equipped with shut-off nozzle along with trees less than five years old and sod less than three weeks old.
   (C)   The following water users and water uses shall be exempt from the prohibitions contained in divisions (A) and (B) of this section: nurseries, provided water use is limited to the amount essential to preserve inventories.
   (D)   The following water users and water uses may be exempted by the Mayor from the prohibitions contained in divisions (A) and (B) of this section:
      (1)   Automatic commercial car washes, provided a majority of the water used is recycled;
      (2)   Manual commercial car washes, provided only a handheld hose equipped with a shut-off nozzle is utilized; and
      (3)   Golf courses, provided tee boxes and greens are watered only on an every other day schedule that begins on Monday of each week and fairways are watered only once per week.
      (4)   Any watering of property owned or controlled by the Noblesville Department of Parks and Recreation as directed by the Mayor where such watering is necessary to appropriate for asset preservation.
(Ord. 29-7-09, passed 8-11-09; Am. Ord. 29-07-12, passed 7-16-12) Penalty, see § 96.99