[HISTORY: Adopted by the City Council of the City of Canandaigua 7-20-1978
(Ch. 8.56 of the 1997 Municipal Code). Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Water use — See Ch. 669.
It is hereby declared to be the policy of the City of Canandaigua that
the health and safety of the citizens of said City require that the City be
prepared to act quickly and responsibly to minimize the risks to both citizens
and their property which may result from greatly reduced water supply, regardless
of cause.
Whenever it shall appear that the availability of water supply to residents
of the City is or may be jeopardized as the result of adverse weather, equipment
or system failure, or for any other reason, the City Manager shall fully investigate
the availability of water to meet potential emergency needs. If he shall determine
that such actions are warranted by water availability, he shall take the following
steps:
A.
If the City Manager shall determine that required water
levels can be maintained or restored by voluntary reductions in water usage,
he shall cause to be published a list of prohibited uses such as, but not
limited to, watering lawns, washing cars, filling swimming pools, etc. Citizens
will be asked to comply voluntarily with such restrictions.
B.
If, after implementing Subsection A above the City Manager shall determine that additional effort is required to assure voluntary reductions in water usage, and provided he shall determine that such additional effort may effectively maintain or restore water availability, he shall cause City employees to deliver notices to individuals not complying with the list of prohibited uses, said notices to explain the need for water conservation and to reiterate specifically the request for voluntary compliance.
C.
If at any time, and regardless whether steps described in Subsections A and B above have been undertaken, the City Manager shall determine that the availability of water is or may be so reduced as to create a dangerously unacceptable risk of danger to residents and their property, he shall report such determination to the City Council.
The City Council may, following report by the City Manager or on its
own motion, determine that actual or potential water shortages are of a degree
causing unacceptable risk and that, therefore, a water emergency exists. Such
a determination shall be made by resolution of the Council which must be passed
by at least a simple majority of members present and voting upon the resolution
shall remain in effect until rescinded by the same procedure.
Following the declaration of a water emergency by passage of a resolution
to that effect, the City Manager shall cause to be published a list of prohibited
uses of water and a notice that violations of any restriction shall be prosecuted
under this chapter.
Any person who shall use, or suffer or permit use of, water from the
City of Canandaigua public water supply system in violation of published restrictions
upon water usage following a declaration of water emergency shall, upon conviction,
be punishable by a fine not exceeding $250 or imprisonment in the County Jail
of Ontario County for not more than 15 days, or both such fine and imprisonment
Each day on which such violation continues shall constitute a separate offense.
