The Board of Trustees of the Village of Montgomery,
New York, hereby finds, as a matter of legislative determination,
that an adequate supply of water for domestic, commercial, industrial
and public use in the Village of Montgomery is essential to the safety,
health, welfare and comfort of its people, and that restrictive regulations
for the purpose of conserving by appropriate limitations the supply
of water are required to provide and maintain such supply.
[Amended 9-21-1993 by L.L. No. 2-1993]
For the best interest of the public and for
the preservation of the safety, health, welfare and comfort of the
people of the Village of Montgomery, New York, it is hereby ordained
and directed that the Mayor be and hereby is authorized, whenever,
upon the recommendation made by the Water and Sewer Board of the Village
of Montgomery, the circumstances warrant, to proclaim an emergency
and promulgate such rules and regulations as may, in his opinion,
be necessary to conserve the supply of water. The provisions of this
article shall apply to all persons, firms, partnerships, associations,
corporations, companies or organizations of any kind using water both
inside and outside the Village of Montgomery and regardless of whether
any such persons, firms, partnerships, associations, companies or
organizations shall have a contract for water service with the Village.
It is further ordered and directed that such
rules and regulations may include, but shall not necessarily be limited
to, the regulation, restriction or prohibition of the use of water
for air-conditioning equipment, car washing, sprinkling or irrigation
of lawns, plants, shrubs, trees or gardens, swimming pools, the escape
of water through defective plumbing, which shall mean the knowing
permission for defective plumbing to remain out of repair, or any
other water-consuming operation.
A.Â
The proclamation of the emergency as aforestated and
the regulations, restrictions or prohibition to be imposed shall be
published in the official newspaper of the Village of Montgomery,
New York, and such proclamation shall be effective upon publication.
Publication shall constitute notice to the general public and to the
users of the water supply of said Village.
[Amended 9-21-1993 by L.L. No. 2-1993]
B.Â
Said proclamation shall specify the duration of the
regulation, restriction or prohibition, if practical; otherwise such
regulation, restriction or prohibition shall continue in full force
and effect until the Mayor shall declare that the emergency no longer
exists.
A violation of any provision of this Article and/or rule or regulation promulgated pursuant to this Article shall constitute disorderly conduct, and a person violating any provision of this Article, or of said rules or regulations promulgated pursuant thereto, shall, upon conviction thereof, be fined in accordance with the provisions of Article XI herein. In addition thereto, the Superintendent of Streets is hereby authorized to discontinue the supply of water to premises where such violation shall occur.
