It shall be unlawful for any inhabitant, resident or water user of the city to cause or permit the use of municipal domestic water for which the individual resident or water user is charged by the city for the use of the water, for irrigation and/or sprinkling as set forth in § 51.01 of this code, except in the manner as set forth below.
(A) Hoses. Only one hose is permitted to be used at any single time and this hose used for irrigation and/or sprinkling shall have attached to it a restrictive device.
(B) Sprinkler systems.
(1) Hours of use. Notwithstanding the above, it shall be lawful for an inhabitant, resident or water user of the city to cause, or permit the use of municipal domestic water for which this individual resident or water user is charged by the city for the use of this water, for irrigation and/or sprinkling by use of a sprinkler system between the hours of 12:00 a.m. and 6:00 a.m. on the date permitted for such use under § 51.01 of this code. For purposes of this section, a SPRINKLER SYSTEM is defined as an irrigation system utilizing two or more solid set sprinkler devices per service line and being serviced primarily from an underground piping system.
(2) Discharge. During the hours of operation the sprinkler system should not discharge more than 4,300 gallons of water. This is equivalent of one sprinkler used for 24 hours using the equation of 3 gpm x 60 minutes x 24 hours.
(3) Anti-siphon valves. It shall be required that anti-siphon valves for sprinkler systems connected to potable water systems be installed.
(Prior Code, § 8-3-2) (Ord. 85-485, passed 6-3-1985) Penalty, see § 51.99