[Adopted 9-14-1988 by Ord. No. 485]
The Borough Manager and the Coudersport Borough Council shall monitor the water supply for the Borough of Coudersport and shall, by resolution and from time to time, make public announcements, as the need arises, of the availability of water supplies to meet the demand for the same within the service area of the Coudersport Borough Water Department. To that end, Borough officials shall take measurements from time to time as is necessary in order to measure the available water supplies and shall compare those measurements so taken with the schedule of triggering points which is attached hereto as Exhibit A[1] and incorporated herein by reference thereto. In the event and from time to time as the need arises that the said measurements reach one of the triggering points as set forth in Exhibit A then the Borough Council of the Borough of Coudersport shall, by resolution, declare the service area of the Coudersport Borough Water Department to be in a drought condition and shall identify whether the drought condition constitutes a stage one, stage two or stage three drought condition as set forth in Exhibit A.
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Editor's Note: Exhibit A is on file in the Borough offices.
In the event that a resolution is passed by the Coudersport Borough Council declaring the service area of the Coudersport Borough Water Department to be in a stage one drought condition then in such event the Borough Council shall take such effective and necessary means as it deems advisable in order to encourage voluntary restrictions of nonessential water use as may at that time be appropriate.
In the event that a resolution is passed by the Coudersport Borough Council declaring the service area of the Coudersport Borough Water Department to be in a stage two drought condition then in such event the Borough Council shall take such effective and necessary means as it deems advisable in order to require mandatory restrictions of nonessential water use as may at that time be appropriate. The Borough Council of the Borough of Coudersport at that time shall implement mandatory restrictions of nonessential water use which may include, but not necessarily be limited to the nonessential use ban set forth in Exhibit B[1] which is attached hereto and incorporated herein by reference thereto.
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Editor's Note: Exhibit B is on file in the Borough offices.
In the event that a resolution is passed by the Coudersport Borough Council declaring the service are of the Coudersport Borough Water Department to be in a stage three drought condition then in such event the Borough Council shall take such effective and necessary means as it deems advisable in order to require mandatory restrictions of nonessential water use as may at that time be appropriate. The Borough Council of the Borough of Coudersport shall implement and put in immediate effect and enforce the local water rationing plan for the service area of the Coudersport Borough Water Department which is attached hereto as Exhibit C[1] and made a part hereof in addition to enforcing the nonessential use ban set forth in Exhibit B.[2]
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Editor's Note: Exhibit C is on file in the Borough offices.
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Editor's Note: Exhibit B is on file in the Borough offices.
The Borough Manager, the Mayor and the Police Department of the Borough of Coudersport shall be charged with the implementation and enforcement of this article and of the resolutions which may from time to time hereinafter be passed in accordance herewith.
Any person who violates any of the terms of this article or who fails to comply with any requirements which become effective by virtue of the adoption of the resolution pursuant to this article shall for such violation be fined a sum not to exceed $1,000 or imprisonment not to exceed 30 days or both. Each days continuation of a condition or conditions which constitutes a violation of this article shall constitute a separate offense and be subject to a separate penalty.