07-28-2025 - Agenda Packet City Council - regular meeting

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It N r UTILITIES § 2.04.580 f. Any other appropriate restrictions. (2) Prohibit sprinkling, irrigation or other (2) Newly seeded or sodded lawns shall be utilization of water from the city's exempt from these provisions for a period municipal water system for lawn, grass of 30 days after installation, although no or turf, except in those areas stated in the notice that such utilization of water new seeding or sodding may begin after may be used on odd- or even -numbered any applicable water use restriction is days of the month; or instituted. (3) Curtail industrial water usage. (3) The council delegates to the city administrator or his designee the author- (c) Upon written request and approval by the ity to declare an odd/even or total city administrator and subject to such terms and sprinkling ban or a complete water use conditions imposed by the city administrator ban of municipal users of any public with respect to such approval, the following system in the city when, in the opinion of persons may be authorized to sprinkle, irrigate the administrator or his designee, or otherwise utilize water from the city's municipal municipal water supplies have reached water system at times other than permitted in the point that it could endanger the subsection (b) of this section: supply for domestic sanitation and/or fire (1) Any person owning or operating a com- protection purposes. This would require mercial or business enterprise whose ratification by resolution at the council's economic well-being is dependent upon next regularly scheduled council meet- sprinkling, irrigating or watering of a ing. lawn, grass or turf owned, leased or (f) Termination. Any water use restrictions operated by it; imposed by the council during a water shortage (2) Employees and agents of the city, in such shall terminate by resolution of the city council. instances wherein lawn, grass or turf (Code 1984, § 3.10(14); Code 2003, § 14-136) used for playfields or areas owned or operated by the city require more frequent Sec. 2.04.570. Water emergencies. watering to prevent unreasonable damage to such areas; (a) Whenever, in the judgment of the city administrator, the water pressure and available (3) Owners and lessees, and their employees water in the municipal water system reaches a and agents, of lands newly sodded or level which endangers the public health or safety grass seeded which requires sprinkling of residents and other persons in the city, he may or irrigation to prevent loss new sod, declare a state of water emergency, which shall seed or immature turf or grasses. continue until such time as he shall determine (Code 1984, § 3.10(6); Code 2003, § 14-137) that the danger to public health or safety no longer exists. Forthwith upon the declaration of Sec. 2.04.580. Repair of leaks. a state of water emergency, notice shall be given It is the responsibility of the consumer or to the news media; and all orders of the city owner to maintain the service pipe from the curb administrator shall be enforced after one hour stop into the house or other building. In case of has elapsed from the time of such notice. failure upon the part of any consumer or owner (b) During the existence of a state of water to repair any leak occurring in his service pipe emergency, the city administrator may, by order: within 24 hours after oral or written notice has been given the owner or occupant of the premises, (1) Prohibit any sprinkling, irrigation or other the water may be shut off and will not be turned utilization of water from the city's on until a reconnection charge has been paid and municipal water system for lawn, grass the water service has been repaired. When the or turf; waste of water is great or when damage is likely CD2:13