(A) A water supply emergency shall be deemed to exist at such times and for such periods during the period of May l to October 1 as the level of water in the Lake Jacksonville reservoir falls five feet or more below the level of the spillway of said lake and during all other months in the year as the level of water in said reservoir falls six and one-half feet below the level of the spillway of said lake.
(B) Whenever a water supply emergency shall exist the President shall issue a proclamation stating that such emergency exists, the number of feet and inches which the level of Lake Jacksonville has fallen below the level of the spillway, and which of the restrictions provided in division (C) below are in effect. Said proclamation shall be published one time in the Jacksonville Daily Journal and the Jacksonville Daily Courier. Upon publication of said proclamation in both of said newspapers, the restrictive provisions and penalties for violation of this section shall be in effect.
(C) (1) When the level of Lake Jacksonville reservoir during the period May 1 to October 1 is at least five feet but not more than six feet, six inches or during the rest of the year is more than six feet, six inches but not more than eight feet below the level of the spillway of said lake, it shall be unlawful to make use of city water for the following purposes:
(a) Lawn sprinkling, washing streets, driveways, or walks, watering vegetable and flower gardens except commercial greenhouses and vegetable gardens; and/or
(b) Watering shrubs and trees, except shrubs and trees planted or transplanted within 12 months immediately preceding.
(2) When the level of Lake Jacksonville reservoir, during the period May 1 to October 1, is more than six feet, six inches but not more than eight feet or during the rest of the year is more than eight feet but not more than ten feet below the level of the spillway of said lake, it shall be unlawful to make use of city water for the following purposes:
(a) Washing motor vehicles; and/or
(b) All uses prohibited in division (C)(1) above.
(3) When the level of Lake Jacksonville reservoir during the period May l to October 1 is more than eight feet but not more than ten feet or during the rest of the year is more than ten feet but not more than 12 feet below the level of the spillway of said lake, it shall be unlawful to make use of city water for the following purposes:
(a) Watering of shrubs and trees transplanted within the 12 months immediately preceding;
(b) Watering of golf greens;
(c) Use of air conditioning equipment requiring water more than four hours per day; and/or
(d) All uses prohibited in divisions (C)(1) and (C)(2) above.
(4) When the level of Lake Jacksonville reservoir during the period May 1 to October 1 is more than ten feet or during the rest of the year more than 12 feet below the level of the spillway of said lake, it shall be unlawful to make use of city water for the following purposes:
(a) Use of air conditioning equipment requiring water; and/or
(b) All uses prohibited in divisions (C)(1), (C)(2), and (C)(3) above.
(D) The President shall cause to be published one time in the Jacksonville Daily Journal and Jacksonville Daily Courier, a notice when the level of Lake Jacksonville either decreases or increases so as to change the restrictions in effect under the provisions of the preceding section.
(Ord. 221, passed 8-6-1953) Penalty, see § 53.999