(a) No customer of the City water system or of a water purveyor serving customers within the City shall make, cause, use, or permit the use of potable water in a manner contrary to any provision of this article. Any violation of the use restrictions set forth in this article shall be enforced by the water purveyor serving that customer but upon failure of the water purveyor to act, shall be enforced by City. Each customer shall be guilty of a separate offense for each day during which such unauthorized use occurred.
(b) Any violation of the water use restrictions set forth in this article shall be subject to prosecution and fines and penalties as set forth in Title 1, Chapter 2, Articles 1 and 2 of this code. Furthermore, any violation of the water use restrictions set forth in this article is a public nuisance under TOMC Section 1-6.01 et seq.
(c) Water Flow Restrictors. In addition to any fines or penalties, and notwithstanding fire suppression system considerations, the City or water purveyor may install a water flow restrictor device for repeated violations of mandatory water use restrictions set forth in this article.
(d) Disconnecting Service. In addition to any fines and the installation of a water flow restrictor, the City or water purveyor may disconnect a customer's water service for continued willful violations of mandatory water use restrictions set forth in this article.
(e) Cost of Flow Restrictor and Disconnecting Service. A person or entity that violates this Chapter is responsible for payment of charges for installing and/or removing any flow restricting device and for disconnecting and/or reconnecting service per the City's or water purveyor's schedule of charges then in effect. All charges must be paid before the flow restricting device is removed or the water service is reconnected. Nonpayment will be subject to the same remedies as nonpayment of basic water rates.
(§ 2, Ord. 1705-NS, eff. November 25, 2022)