(A) Non-essential water use categories, other than essential water use, may be curtailed during severe or extreme drought.
(B) Some examples of non-essential water uses follow:
(1) Residential and institutional.
(a) Washing down sidewalks, walkways,driveways, parking lots, tennis courts or other hard surfaced areas;
(b) Washing down buildings or structures for purposes other than immediate fire protection;
(c) Flushing gutters or permitting water to run or accumulate in any gutter or street;
(d) Washing any motor bike, motor vehicle, boat, trailer, airplane or other vehicle in public or private garages or elsewhere;
(e) Maintaining fountains, reflection ponds and decorative water bodies for aesthetic or scenic purposes, except where necessary to support aquatic life;
(f) Filling or maintaining public or private swimming pools; and
(g) Sprinkling lawns, plants, trees, or other flora on private or public property, except as otherwise provided under this chapter.
(2) Commercial and industrial.
(a) Serving water routinely in restaurants;
(b) Increasing water levels in scenic and recreational ponds and lakes, except for the minimum amount required to support fish and wildlife;
(c) Irrigating golf courses and any portion of its grounds, except as otherwise provided under this chapter;
(d) Obtaining water from hydrants for
construction purposes, fire drills or for any purpose other than fire fighting;
(e) Serving customers who have been given a ten (10) day notice to repair one (1) or more leaks and have failed to comply; and
(f) Expanding commercial nursery facilities, placing new irrigated agricultural land in production, or planting or landscaping when required by site design review process.
(1985 Code, § 13-20)