(A) The number of permanent residents in each dwelling unit (household) will determine the amount of water that each household will be allowed.
(B) Each dwelling unit (household) shall be allotted 40 gallons per day for each resident of the household. Households with only one permanent resident will have a daily allotment of 55 gallons.
(C) Residential water customers are required to provide city personnel with reasonable access to read meters as necessary to this rationing declaration. Where access is not readily available, all reasonable efforts to contact customers in order to arrange for access to read meters shall be made. In the event a water customer does not allow entry to read the meter after reasonable efforts to arrange for such access, the dwelling unit (household) allotment will be reduced to 55 gallons per day.
(D) Where the residential water allotment provided under this section would create an extraordinary hardship, as in the case of special health-related requirements, the water customer may submit a written request to the Utilities Director for an exemption or variance from these requirements. If it is found that the allotment provided in this section would impose an extraordinary hardship, a revised allotment for the particular customer may be established.
(E) Any person aggrieved by a decision relating to such an exemption or variance rendered by the Utilities Director may file a complaint with the City Council in accordance with the city’s established grievance procedures.
(F) The city will establish a communication system with the customers through public media to inform them of the requirements of the water rationing provisions of this subchapter, possible conservation measures that customers may employ, the system allotment and a regularly scheduled report of whether the usage was within the allotment.
(Ord. 479-98, passed 11-2-1998)