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§ 9-1-16 WATER CONSERVATION.
   During any time that water is in short supply or there is any water emergency whatsoever, the Mayor and the Town Council may establish reasonable rules and regulations for the town. Said reasonable rules and regulations may include, but not by way of limitation, the power to regulate water use on any uniform basis deemed necessary by the Town Council and the power to impose lawn watering and other water use restrictions within and without the town.
(Prior Code, § 9-1-16) (Ord. 342, passed 3-18-2004)
§ 9-1-17 WATER USE RESTRICTIONS.
   (A)   Sprinkling and nonessential purposes; notice.
      (1)   The use of water from the town water utility for lawn and garden sprinkling or other nonessential purposes may be prohibited or restricted by resolution of the Town Council.
      (2)   Except as provided in division (C) below, the order shall be effective when notice thereof is published at Town Hall. The town may give notice by other reasonable means to disseminate the restrictions, including mailing notices or distributing notices to the residences. However, the only required notice is publication at Town Hall. Ignorance of the restrictions after the day of the publication is not a defense to a charge of violating this chapter.
      (3)   Upon the publication of the notice, the sprinkling restrictions or prohibitions so prescribed shall take effect and any violator thereof shall be punished as provided in § 1-4-1. The town shall also post notification of the removal of water restrictions in the same manner as notice is given declaring water restrictions.
   (B)   Purposes for restricting use enumerated. The town may adopt, amend, enforce, and remove restrictions upon the use of municipal water by resolution for the purpose of protecting the town’s surface and underground water resources and the municipal water system. The restrictions may include but are not limited to:
      (1)   Regulation of the hours, duration, and days when outdoor watering of vegetation is permitted;
      (2)   Regulation of the types of outdoor vegetation which may be watered;
      (3)   Prohibition of watering outdoor vegetation;
      (4)   Prohibition of washing hard surfaced areas;
      (5)   Regulating or prohibiting washing vehicles except in businesses open to the public for washing vehicles in self-service or automated bays;
      (6)   Requiring signage for irrigation from private wells; and
      (7)   Regulating or prohibiting watering turf, trees, shrubs, and flowers in public parks, cemeteries, and golf courses.
   (C)   Emergency; immediate curtailment. In the event of a major fire or other emergency that should require the immediate curtailment of the use of water from the water utility, the Mayor or his or her designee shall have the authority to make such restrictions as he or she deems necessary for the protection of the public.
   (D)   Effect of section. All restrictions adopted by town under this section are effective within the town limits and any property connected to the town’s water utility.
(Prior Code, § 9-1-17) (Ord. 366, passed 8-16-2012)
§ 9-1-18 WATER METERS.
   (A)   Installation.
      (1)   Each water user existing as of the effective date hereof shall have installed by and at the expense of the town a water meter of a quality and capacity acceptable to the town. All water meters will be and remain property of the town.
      (2)   All such water meters shall be installed by the town with no expense to the property owner and shall be installed at the property line or as otherwise determined by the town. If the town is required to go upon private property or property the ownership of which is in dispute, access to the property for installation and later maintenance and repair of said water meter is hereby deemed a condition for further utility service to said property by the town, and denial of such access shall result in termination of water services to the property.
   (B)   Maintenance and damage of meters. Normal maintenance of meters shall be performed by the Town Water Department. The costs of repairs to any meter and/or backflow prevention device, caused intentionally, negligently, or by lack of proper care, shall be borne by the property owner.
   (C)   Tampering with meters, refusal of access. No person shall, in any way, tamper with any water meter installed in or outside the town, or refuse any officers above referred access to any such meter.
(Prior Code, § 9-1-18) (Ord. 342, passed 3-18-2004) Penalty, see § 9-1-22
§ 9-1-19 UNAUTHORIZED USE OF FIRE HYDRANTS.
   No person, company, corporation, or association, except the Town Fire Department, Police Department, or Maintenance Department shall use fire hydrants for any purpose, unless having first obtained permission from the Mayor therefor.
(Prior Code, § 9-1-19) (Ord. 342, passed 3-18-2004) Penalty, see § 9-1-22
§ 9-1-20 POLLUTION OF TOWN WATERWORKS.
   No person shall throw or cast any substance or refuse into any tank, reservoir, well, trench, pipe, drain, fire hydrant, or valve box used in and necessary for the construction, maintenance, and operation of the town waterworks, and which substance shall or may tend to fill up such tank, reservoir, or valve box, or to fill up or obstruct the flow of water in or from any such stream, trench, pipe, fireplug, or drain, or shall throw or cast into any such place any such filth or other substance that shall or may tend to pollute the water therein.
(Prior Code, § 9-1-20) (Ord. 342, passed 3-18-2004) Penalty, see § 9-1-22
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