(A) Non-residential customers include commercial, industrial, public and all other such users with the exception of hospitals and health care facilities.
(B) Non-residential water customers shall further reduce their water usage to 40 gallons per person per day or to 50% of normal use levels during the rationing period.
(C) It is the primary responsibility of each non-residential water customer to meet the mandated water use reduction goal in whatever manner possible, including limitation of operating hours or days if necessary.
(D) The town will establish a water allotment for each non-residential water customers, based upon a required further reduction water usage from the rate of water used by the customer in effect, or the last recorded use level if no meter readings record the rate of the customers use.
(E) Each non-residential water user shall provide access to town personnel for the purpose of meter reading and monitoring of compliance with this subchapter. All reasonable efforts will be made to contact customers to arrange for access.
(F) (1) If the mandated further reduction in water usage cannot be obtained without imposing extraordinary hardship which threatens health and safety, the nonresidential customer may apply to the town for a variance. For these purposes, EXTRAORDINARY HARDSHIP means a permanent damage to property or an economic loss which is substantially more severe than the sacrifices borne by other water users subject to this water rationing ordinance, if the further reduction would cause an extraordinary hardship or threaten health or safety, a variance may be granted by the Town Manager (or Clerk) and a revised water use reduction requirement for the particular customer may be established.
(2) Any person aggrieved by a decision relating to such a variance may file a complaint with the Town Manager (or Clerk) in accordance with established procedures.
(G) The town will provide each non-residential customer with suggested means to reduce usage levels. See Appendix in this chapter.
(Ord. O-2008-1, passed 1-3-2008)