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' EXHIBIT D CURTA(LMENT OF WATER USE (ORUINANCE TO BE AU )PTED BY MUNICIPAL[TY) Upon notice from the City of Cleveland, Division of Water and Heat of the Depar nent of Pubiic Utilities that a shortage of water supply exists which threatens the public health and saf ty and that the , shortage makes i[ necessary to curtail water use within all or any part of (Municipality), t:(Mayor) shall `- proclaim a water use emergency throughout all or any part of (Municipality). ? A water use emergency proclamation shall specify: (a) the geographic area affected by the water use emergency; - (b) the length of time the emergency shall be in effect which time shall not exceed sev n(7) days; and * (c) the degree of water use curtailment. ' During a water use emergency, the (Mayor) may order a water use curtailment by )rohibiting un- - necessary use or consumption of water during all or specified hours of the day and/or may order that specified premises curtail necessary use or consumption of water on specified days only as the (Mayor) shall determine to be necessary. • A proclamation of a water use emergency shall become effective at the time of issuance )y the (Mayor). Notice thereof shall be given to a newspaper of general circulation in (Municipality) and : iall be reported to a local radio and television station for broadcast. As used in this section, unnecessary use or consumption means the use or consumption, i' water for pur- poses other than personal health, safety, sanitation and bodily consumption. "Unneces try use or con- sumption" of waters includes but is not limited to sprinkling or watering lawns, other lar: 1 irrigation, the washing of automobiles, houses or other structures and the use of water for recreational 1 arposes such as the maintenance of swimming pools. The use of water for private construction such as the nixing and cur- ing of concrete, the puddling of backfill in excavations, the moistening of masonry wall preparatory to pointing or sealing, and other similar uses is not an unnecessary use or consumption of w;ter. The use of water to scrub and rinse areas such as hard-surfaced drives, garage floors, patios and sii ,ilar uses where necessary for the purpose of sanitation and the protection of health is not an unnecessz y use and con- sumption of water. ' No person or entity shall during a water use emergency use water in violation of the term and conditions of the Mayor's water use emergency proclamation. Whcever violates this ordinance is guilty of a minor misdemeanor and shall be tined no more than one ' hundred dollars (5100.00). Whoever violates this ordinance having been previously eonvict-d of a violation of this ordinance is guilty of a misdemeanor of the third degree and shall be fined not more than five hun- , a dred dollars ($500.00) or imprisoned not more than sixty (60) days, or both. A separate offense shall be ` deemed committed each day during or on which a violation or noncompliance occurs or continues. , 21