FINAL ORDINANCE NO. 08-018 - Laserfiche WebLink

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(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 of the State of Minnesota declares a critical water deficiency, the Mayor or City Council will enact and enforce water conservation restrictions in accordance with Minnesota Statute 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. (B) PERMANENT WATER USE RESTRICTIONS: To 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) Odd/Even Sprinkling Ban: Property owners having even numbered postal addresses may water, sprinkle, or irrigate their lawns only on even numbered days, and property owners having odd numbered postal addresses may water, sprinkle, or irrigate their lawns only on odd numbered days. (2) Time of Day Sprinkling Ban: All property owners are prohibited from watering, sprinkling, or irrigating their lawns between the hours of 10 A.M. and 5 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 30 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. (C) LAWN WATERING, SPRINKLING, AND IRRIGATION: All lawn sprinkler systems and irrigation systems connected to the municipal water system, whether such systems are aboveground or underground, shall require a permit for connection and shall be installed in accordance with the Minnesota State plumbing code. To conserve water, all lawn sprinkler systems and irrigation systems which are automatic or are equipped to operate automatically and which are connected to the municipal water system, shall be equipped with a rain -detection device such to prevent the system from operating when it rains (per MN Statute 103G.298). All lawn sprinkler systems and irrigation systems connected to the municipal water system shall be constructed and operated to prevent water waste resulting from inefficient landscape irrigation by prohibiting runoff, low head drainage, over spray, or other similar conditions where water flows onto adjacent property, non -irrigated areas, walks, roadways, or structures.