(A) Power of Common Council to declare emergency. From and after the passage and taking effect of this subchapter, the Common Council shall have the power, in times of water shortage, which it is deemed to be either dangerous, or likely to be dangerous, to either public health or safety, to declare an emergency to exist, and to provide for, and regulate the consumption of, water by all users from the City Public Works Company, its successors and assigns, and for that purpose, the city shall have police powers to carry into effect all regulations and directions imposed by resolution, duly passed and adopted by its governing body, and to delegate such powers to any officer or employer of the city in order to carry into effect any and all of such regulations so adopted.
(B) Publication. Any and all regulations adopted and imposed under the provision hereof shall be published for at least one issue in the local newspaper of the city and posted in at least three places within the city, and said regulations shall take effect the day following the publication and posting thereof.
(Prior Code, § 31.01)