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? CITY OF NORTH OLMSTED ORDINANCE N0. 83 - 50 BY: A4- AN ORDINANCE GRAPJTING THE MAYOR UPON NOTICE FROM THE CITY OF CLEVELAND, DIVISION OF bJATER AND HEAT, THE RIGHT TO PROCLAIh1 A WATER USE EMERGENCY. WHEREAS, the City of Cleveland and the City of North Olmsted have or soon will enter into another agreement whereby the City of Cleveland, through its Division of Water and Heat of the Department of Public Utilities, will continue to furnish water to the City of North Qlmsted and to its citizens under certain terms and conditions, and WHEREAS, under Article 22 of the agreement, Curtailment of Water Service, the City of North Olmsted has agreed to adopt legislation and enforce legislation regarding a water use emergency within sixty (60) days after execution of the agreement, and WHEREAS, emergency conditions necessitate the temporar,y curtailment of water usage to insure that all water consumers will have adequate volume and pressure of water for essential health and safety purposes. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NORTH OLMSTED, COUNTY OF CUYAHOGA, STATE OF OHIO: SECTION l: That upon notice from the City of Cleveland, Division of 4Jater and Heat of the Department of Public Utilities, that a shortaqe of water 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 City of North Olmsted, the Mayor shall proclaim a water use emergency throughout all or any part of the City of North Olmsted. SECTION 2: That a water use emergency proclamation shall specify: a. The geographic area affected by the water use emergency; and b. The length of time the emergency shall be in effect, which time shall not exceed seven (7) days; and c. The degree of water use curtailment. SECTION 3: That during a water use emergency, the Mayor may order a water use curtailment by prohibiting unnecessary use or consumption of water during all or specified hours of the day and/or ma,y order that specified premises curtail necessary use or consumption of water on specified days only as the Playor shall determine to be necessary. SECTIOPd 4: That a proclamation of water use emergency shall become effective at the time of issuance by the Mayor. Notice thereof shall be qiven to a newspaper of general circulation in the City of North Olmsted and shall be reported to a local radio and television station for broadcast. SECTION 5: That as used in this section, unnecessary use or consumption means the use or consumption of water for purposes other than personal health, safety, sanitation and bodily consumption. "Unnecessary use or consumption" of water includes, but is not limited to, sprinkling or watering lawns, other land irrigation, the washing of automobiles, houses or other structures and the use of water for recreational purposes such as the maintenance 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 moistening of masonry walls preparatory to pointing or sealing, and other similar uses is not an unnecessarv use or consumption of water. The use of water to scrub and rinse areas such as hard- surfaced drives, garage floors, patios and similar uses where necessary for the purpose of sanitation and the protection of health is not an unnecessary use and consumption of water.