[Ord. No. 839 §1]
The City Council of the City of Palmyra, Missouri, hereby finds,
determines and declares that it is in the best interests of the citizens
of the City of Palmyra that proper and adequate provisions be made
for the enforcement of a water conservation plan pertaining to and
governing water service by the system owned by the City of Palmyra
and in accordance therewith the following Sections of this Chapter
are hereby declared to be the Water Conservation Plan of the City
of Palmyra, Missouri, and after the passage of this ordinance the
discontinuance, interruption or curtailment of water service to water
consumers may be effected in accordance with the provisions of said
Water Conservation Plan. The Water Department of the City of Palmyra
shall from time to time make recommendations of amendments to or changes
in the Water Conservation Plan subject to the approval of the City
Council.
[Ord. No. 839 §2]
A.
Mandatory.
1.
No washing
of sidewalks, driveways, parking areas, tennis courts, patios, or
other paved areas; no pumping of fountain recirculating water.
2.
No refilling
of swimming pools with water furnished by the City.
3.
No use
of water for recreational uses such as water slides or yard play.
4.
No washing
of cars, other motor vehicles, trailers or boats.
5.
No water
to be used for dust control.
6.
No flushing
of mains by Water Department personnel, except to alleviate specific
customer complaints.
7.
No use
of water from a fire hydrant except for fighting fires, human consumption,
or use in connection with animals.
8.
Watering
of any lawn, garden, landscaped area, tree, shrub or other plant shall
be prohibited.
9.
All
commercial and industrial users shall follow a previously submitted
conservation plan for their operation which has been approved by the
City Water Department. A commercial or industrial user that fails
to submit a conservation plan shall be subject to the penalties provided
herein.
B.
Commercial and Industrial Conservation Plans. Commercial
and industrial users must submit to the City Water Department a water
conservation plan for their operation within one hundred twenty (120)
days of the passage of this ordinance.
The conservation plan shall describe how the user intends to
reduce water consumption during implementation of the Water Conservation
Plan. The goal of the required plan shall be to reduce the customers'
usage by fifty percent (50%) or more.
C.
Notification Provision. With respect to the mandatory provisions
of this plan, a customer shall be deemed to have been notified and
directed to curtail the use of water as set forth in the plan when
the General Superintendent of the City Water Department, or his designated
representative, files such notice through the news media, except nothing
contained herein shall be deemed to prohibit other means to notify
persons of the need to reduce use of water in accordance with the
plan.
Upon the Water Department taking steps to notify customers as
set forth above, a customer shall be presumed to have notice and shall
take steps to comply with the plan, except a customer may rebut such
presumption by showing that the customer did not, in fact, have notice
of the directions to comply with the provisions of this plan.
The Water Conservation Plan shall be in effect until such time
as any problems relating to the curtailment of water to the consumers
have been alleviated and normal operations have begun. Notice of curtailment
and restrictions ending shall be advertised through available media
by the General Superintendent or his designated representative.
D.
Compliance with the Plan. All persons who receive City water
service shall be entitled to receive such water service only upon
strict compliance with provisions of the Water Conservation Plan.
It shall be unlawful for any person to violate the mandatory
provisions of the Water Conservation Plan when such a person is directed
to reduce or curtail their use of water as set forth in the Water
Conservation Plan. A direction to reduce or curtail use of water shall
be presumed when notice is given as set forth in the Water Conservation
Plan.
[Ord. No. 839 §3]
Any person, who shall violate any of the mandatory provisions
of the Water Conservation Plan pertaining to discontinuance, interruption,
curtailment of water service, or any commercial or industrial user
who fails to submit a conservation plan acceptable to the Water Department
within one hundred twenty (120) days of the passage of this ordinance
shall be punished by a fine of not less than five dollars ($5.00)
nor more than one hundred fifty dollars ($150.00). Each day of violation
shall constitute a separate violation thereof.
Additionally, any commercial or industrial user who fails to
submit a conservation plan as required will be subject to termination
of service.
[Ord. No. 839 §4]
Any residential, commercial or industrial user or consumer
of water from the City water system including any individual, individuals,
partnership, association or corporation.
