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CURTAILMENT OF WATER USE (ORDINANCE TO BE ADOPTED BY MUNICIPALITY) Upon notice from the City of (]8v£|aDd, Division of Water Of the Department of Public Uhhh83 that shortage Ofwater supply exists which threatens the public health and safety and that the shortage makes it necessary to curtail water use within all or any part of the, the Mayor shall proclaim a water use emergency throughout all or any part of. A water use emergency proclamation shall specify: (a) the geographic area affected bythe water use emergency; /b\ the length of time the emergency Shn|| be in effect which time shall not exceed Seven (7) days; and (c) the degree of water use curtailment. During G water use emergency, the Mayor may order B water use curtailment by prohibiting unnecessary use Or [OnsunnobOn of water during all or specified hours of the day and/or may Order that specified prCn1|SeS curtail necessary use Or consumption of water on specified days only 8Sthe Mayor shall determine to be necessary. A proclamation of water use emergency shall b8[onne effective at the time of issuance by the Mayor. NObCC thereof shall be given to a newspaper nfgeneral [|rcu|8UOn in and shall be reported to a local radio and television station for broadcast. AS used in this section, unnecessary use Orconsumption means the use nrconsumption 0fwater for purposes other than personal health, safety, sanitation and bodily consumption. "Unnecessary use of consumption" of waters includes but is not limited to sprinkling or watering |Ovvn5, other |dDd irrigation, the washing of automobiles, houses Or other structures and the use of water for recreational purposes such as the Ond|ntenOn[8 of swimming pools. The use of water for private construction such as the mixing and curing of concrete, the puddling of backfill in excavations, the mO|5teD|Dg ofmasonry walls preparatory to pointing or sealing, and other similar uses is not an unnecessary use or cODSuDlpLiOn of water, The use Ofwater to Scrub and rinse areas such as hard -surface drives, garage floors, patios and similar uses where necessary for the purpose of sanitation and the protection of health is not an unnecessary use or [OnSurnpU0n of water. No person or entity shall during a water, use emergency use water in violation of the terms and conditions of the Mayors water use emergency proclamation. Whoever violates this ordinance is guilty Of a minor misdemeanor and shall be fined not more than one hundred dollars ($100.00). Whoever violates this ordinance having been previously convicted ofaviolation Ofthis ordinance isguilty Ofa misdemeanor nfthe third-degnee and shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars ($5OO.00)orimprisoned not more than 9ixty(6O) days, or both. Aseparate offense shall bedeemed committed each day during or on which a violation Or noncompliance Occurs or continues.