Whenever an officer of the Utility Commission, the public supplier of potable water in the city and Johnson County, finds that the Utility Commission is unable to meet the expected needs of its customers and that such a condition will exist for some period of time in the future, and upon written certification thereof to the Mayor, the Mayor may publicly declare a water shortage emergency. In addition to the declaration, the Mayor may call upon all customers of the Utility Commission to employ voluntary water conservation, and to eliminate the waste of all treated water outside of buildings, and to use water only as necessary to maintain minimum standards of hygiene and sanitation, and to provide for essential health and public protection purposes.
(Ord. 92-005, passed 6-9-92) Penalty, see § 54.99