The City of Franklin hereby adopts as an official
City policy the encouragement of the conservation of water as an important
natural resource. Reasonable limitations upon the use of water, particularly
that derived from the municipal water system, are hereby encouraged.
To effect the goals of this article, the following restrictions are
hereby adopted, regardless of the source of water supply, for all
water users within the City.
All interior water taps and shower heads installed
in any buildings in the City of Franklin shall be flow limiting, or
the building shall have an approved pressure-reducing valve installed
at the water service entrance.
Any toilet installed in the City of Franklin
after the passage of this article shall be of such a construction
as to conserve water and shall have appropriate conservation inserts
or other similar features installed in the same.
The Planning and Zoning Administrator shall
be authorized to require sufficient proof of compliance with the above
requirements as a condition of issuance of a building permit. The
Planning and Zoning Administrator is authorized to inspect any of
the affected facilities required to have such backflow prevention
devices and to take such enforcement action as may be necessary upon
learning of or being advised of a lack of such devices in required
facilities. In addition to any other enforcement action which may
be allowed, the Planning and Zoning Administrator is also empowered
to request the termination of water supply service to any offending
facilities from the Municipal Services Department, which Department
shall honor the termination request until such time as the Planning
and Zoning Administrator is satisfied that appropriate devices have
been installed or otherwise rescinds the termination request. Terminations
may be reviewed and modified by the City Manager.