(A) Upon the declaration of a water shortage warning, it shall be unlawful to use water supplied by the town from the public water system for the following purposes.
(1) Watering lawns, grasses, shrubbery, trees, flowers and vegetable gardens, except when the watering is done on either a Saturday or Sunday between the hours of 6:00 p.m. and 9:00 p.m., and the watering is done only by handheld hose or container or drip irrigation system.
(2) Persons regularly engaged in the sale of plants shall be permitted to use water to maintain the plants.
(B) In addition, the Town Manager:
(1) Shall have the authority to equitably adjust the foregoing restrictions by establishing zones or districts in which watering may be done on specified days; and, further, depending on the water level in the Rocky Mount reservoir; and
(2) May authorize the operation of irrigation systems and other water uses restricted or prohibited by this chapter, on specified days in specified zones or districts as he or she determines is consistent with water conservation and the then current level of the reservoir.
(Ord. passed 9-3-2002) Penalty, see § 53.99