[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Trustees
of the Village of Hempstead 7-7-1987 by L.L. No. 3-1987.[1] Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Water — See Ch. 135.
[1]
Editor's Note: This local law also provided
for the repeal of former § 135-15, Lawn, garden sprinkling.
It is the determination of this Board of Trustees
that circumstances exist with respect to the sufficiency of water
supply within Nassau County which poses a potential threat to the
safety and well-being of its citizens. Accordingly, the Board of Trustees
of the Incorporated Village of Hempstead endorses this county-wide
comprehensive management/conservation program which is designed to
regulate or limit the use of water throughout the county, including
the towns, cities, villages and special districts, and to provide
for enforcement of such program since it is the policy of the Village
of Hempstead to conserve, protect and manage the waters within its
jurisdiction. This determination has been made in connection with
the action of the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
in imposing restrictions in 1986 and in view of the fact that the
water supply in Nassau County is dependent upon a sole source aquifer
system which serves domestic, industrial, commercial and/or recreational
needs of individuals in the county and the Village of Hempstead, and
the Board further finds that due to the sensitivity of the aquifer
system certain limitations are necessary to curb water withdrawals
in order to ensure a long-term water supply.
During the hours of 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.,
no person shall water, hose, sprinkle or otherwise irrigate any outdoor
lawn, field, garden, hedge or shrub in the Village of Hempstead, except
in accordance with the following:
A.
Persons occupying residences or other establishments
with even-numbered addresses may water, hose, sprinkle or otherwise
irrigate other than during the above hours on even-numbered days of
the month.
B.
Persons occupying residences or other establishments
with odd-numbered addresses may water, hose, sprinkle or otherwise
irrigate other than during the above hours on odd-numbered days of
the month.
C.
Persons occupying residences or other establishments
without numbered addresses may water, hose, sprinkle or otherwise
irrigate other than during the above hours on even-numbered days of
the month.
D.
Nothing in this section shall be construed to limit,
restrict or prohibit, irrigation of any sort which is done by means
of water obtained from sources other than the Nassau County sole source
aquifer system.
A.
All existing commercial and industrial water-operative
air-conditioning systems, refrigeration or other water-cooling equipment
shall be equipped with a water-recycling system or be converted to
an air-operative system by June 30, 1988.
B.
All commercial and industrial water-operative air-conditioning
systems, refrigeration or other water-cooling equipment for which
building permits have not been issued shall be equipped with a water-recycling
system.
The Village of Hempstead shall institute such
a system and regulations as will enable the Village to authorize and
monitor the use of fire hydrants by all entities, except that the
Fire Department and local units of government shall not be bound thereby
or required to apply for authority to utilize fire hydrants.
A.
In those instances where the Village of Hempstead
shall establish limitations more restrictive than provided by the
County of Nassau, said more restrictive provisions shall be locally
imposed as an exception to the County of Nassau Ordinance if the County
of Nassau Commissioner of Public Works authorizes such local limitations
after an application is made by Village of Hempstead.
B.
Upon written application, the Village Clerk is authorized
to grant a special exception from the limitations of this chapter
to local water users who demonstrate a hardship.
A.
The Hempstead Police Department, all Water Department
personnel and all other authorized Village personnel shall be charged
with the enforcement of this chapter.
[Amended 9-6-1988 by L.L. No. 9-1988]
If any provision of this chapter or the application
of such provision to any person or circumstance shall be held unconstitutional
or invalid, the constitutionality or validity of the remainder of
this chapter and the applicability of such provision to other persons
or circumstances shall not be affected thereby.
