(A) When in the judgement of the Mayor, hazardous conditions caused by drought or other water- supply interruption to the village have developed or appear likely to develop, the Mayor may, at his or her discretion, declare a water supply emergency.
(B) The effective time of a water supply emergency shall be stated in the formal declaration.
(C) Whenever a water supply emergency is so declared, the Mayor shall, as soon as possible thereafter, furnish a copy of such declaration to the local news media and the Police Department.
(D) A water supply emergency shall continue until a termination announcement is made by the Mayor.
(E) After a water supply emergency has been formally declared, no person shall, during the period of the emergency, utilize water supplied by the village municipal system for filling or maintaining swimming pools, washing vehicles, washing structures or objects out-of-doors, water lawns, trees, shrubs or other growing vegetation or otherwise use water outside of homes or businesses for any purpose except for human consumption, or in the event of a fire or life threatening emergency. The Mayor may modify the restrictions set forth in this division (E) if, in his or her sole judgement, conditions so warrant, by indicating said modifications in his or her declaration.
(F) (1) If, in the judgement of the Mayor conditions warrant, restrictions within homes or business, in addition to those identified in division (E) above, may be imposed in the formal declaration of water supply emergency thereby restricting water usage to health, sanitation and emergency needs only.
(2) Sanitary, health and public welfare needs only are as follows. As outlined by the State Environmental Protection Agency, the following uses are considered to be exempt from mandatory water use bans: irrigation or the production of food, maintenance of pets and livestock; watering by commercial nurseries at a minimum level to maintain stock (to the extent that other water sources are not available or feasible); watering by arboretums and public gardens of national, state or regional significance where necessary to preserve specimens; operation of municipal swimming pools or pools used by health care facilities for patient care and rehabilitation; fire hydrants for firefighting, health protection purposes (if specifically approved by local health officials and the local governing body); and make-up water for air conditioning cooling towers or refilling (specifically approved by health officials and the local governing body) after draining for health protection or repair purposes.
(Ord. 1129A-96, passed 3-4-1996) Penalty, see § 51.99