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City irrigation ordinance https://lakeelmo.municipalcodeonline.com/book?type=ordinances#name=5.04.180_Water_Use_Restric tions 5.04.180 Water Use Restrictions 1. Emergency authority. To protect the health and safety of the consumers, as well as the general welfare, the mayor or city council may impose emergency regulations pertaining to city water use. Whenever the city shall determine that a critical water deficiency prevails, it may limit the times and hours during which water may be used from the city water system for lawn and garden sprinkling, irrigation, car washing, air conditioning, and other nonessential uses. It is unlawful for any water consumer to cause or permit water to be used in violation of such determination after public announcement thereof has been made through publication or by posting in the city hall and city website specifically indicating the restrictions thereof. 1. The mayor or city council may declare a critical water deficiency to prevail within the city whenever it finds and determines that the ordinary demands and requirements of water consumers cannot be satisfied without depleting the water supply of the city to the extent that there would be insufficient water for human consumption, sanitation, and fire protection. 2. The mayor or city council shall thereupon enact such regulations and restrictions on the delivery of water and the consumption within the city to conserve the water supply for the greatest public benefit with particular regard to domestic use, sanitation, and fire protection. 3. When the governor declares a critical water deficiency, the mayor or city council will enact and enforce water conservation restrictions in accordance with M.S.A. § 103G.291. 4. Water use regulations and restrictions may include the right to deny applications for new or additional service connections, and provisions for their enforcement by discontinuing service to customers willfully violating the regulations and restrictions. 2. Permanent water use restrictions. To ensure the availability of essential water and fire protection, encourage water conservation and allow flexibility in the city's water system in meeting peak demands, and to reduce the required water supply and storage capacity requirements allowing for a lower cost water system, certain limitations must be placed on the city's water supply. 1. Water Irrigation Zones. Property owners in Zone A may water, sprinkle, or irrigate on Mondays and Fridays. Property owners in Zone B may water, sprinkle, or irrigate on Tuesdays and Fridays. Property owners in Zone C may water, sprinkle, or irrigate on Wednesdays and Saturdays. Property owners in Zone D may water, sprinkle, or irrigate on Thursdays and Sundays. A map depicting the zones will be maintained by the Public Works Department and appear on the City's website. 2. Time of day sprinkling ban. All property owners are prohibited from watering, sprinkling, or irrigating their lawns between the hours of 5:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. daily. 3. Exceptions. The permanent water use restrictions do not apply in the following situations: 1. Private wells. 2. Recently established lawns if permission is granted through a watering restriction waiver form, allowing daily watering for up to 15 days after installation. Watering must still adhere to the restricted hours for the time of day sprinkling ban. New sod or seeded lawns or other landscaping requiring watering, sprinkling, or irrigation, shall not be installed during a water shortage emergency. 3. Attended hand-watering of plants, shrubs, trees, and gardens.