At such time as the city shall determine that water consumption
within the city and Township has or is about to exceed the supply
available to the city and Township for its uses on a continuing basis
(such use to include the Township water system), the city may declare
that a water emergency exists.
When the city has declared that a water emergency exists, the
use and withdrawal of water by any person from the Township water
system for any of the following purposes is hereby prohibited:
A.
Watering of yards. The sprinkling, watering or irrigation of shrubbery,
trees, lawns, grass, ground covers, plants, vines, gardens, vegetables,
flowers and any other vegetation.
B.
Cleaning outdoor surfaces. The washing of sidewalks, driveways, filling
station aprons, porches, patios and other outdoor hard-surface areas.
C.
Swimming pools. Swimming and wading pools not employing a filter
and recirculating system.
D.
Escape through defective plumbing. The escape of water through defective
plumbing, which shall mean the knowing permission for defective plumbing
to remain out of repair.
When the city shall have declared that a water emergency exists,
notice thereof shall be given by releasing such declaration to the
Township, newspaper, and to all radio stations maintaining studios
within the city and/or Township. Such notice shall advise of the time
of commencement of such emergency and that such emergency shall continue
until notice of termination is given by the city through the same
media.
When the city shall determine that the conditions which caused the declaration of a water emergency no longer exist, it shall so declare and give notice of such determination as provided in § 283-16.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. I)]
Any person who shall knowingly, during any water emergency, use or withdraw water from the Township water system for any of the purposes prohibited in § 283-15 shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be subject to a fine not to exceed $500, plus costs, or imprisonment for not more than 90 days, or both such fine and imprisonment, for each violation and, in addition, if said person refuses to discontinue such violation, be subject to the discontinuance of water service during the continuance of such emergency.
The Township Board may, by resolution, adopt such rules and
regulations as it may deem necessary to administer the terms of this
article.
