[HISTORY: Adopted by the Mayor and Council of the Borough
of Ho-Ho-Kus 8-26-1952 by Ord. No. 307. Amendments noted where
applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Water and water rates — See Ch. 81.
Any water-cooled refrigeration equipment or air-conditioning
equipment installed within the Borough of Ho-Ho-Kus, which said equipment
is operated and serviced by water provided by the Water Department
of the said Borough of Ho-Ho-Kus after the effective date of this
chapter, shall be provided with such equipment as shall make it possible
to continue to use the water in said system in a recirculating manner.
No water-cooled refrigeration equipment or air-conditioning
equipment shall be installed after the effective date of this chapter
using a water-circulating system in connection therewith which does
not have a recirculating system as provided in the preceding section.
No water-cooled refrigeration equipment or air-conditioning
equipment shall be installed after the effective date of this chapter
until complete plans and specifications therefor have been approved
by the Mayor and Council, and no such plans shall be approved unless
provision is made as provided for above to prevent the wasteful use
of water.
Any person, firm or corporation using water-cooled refrigeration
equipment or air-conditioning equipment using water shall immediately
cease using the same during any period of water shortage upon receipt
of notice from the Borough of Ho-Ho-Kus that such an emergency exists
affecting the public welfare and shall not resume the operation of
said equipment until after notice is given that such water shortage
emergency no longer exists.
Any person, firm or corporation violating any of the terms of
this chapter shall, upon conviction thereof, be liable to pay a fine
not exceeding $200, the amount of such fine to be in the discretion
of the Magistrate before whom the matter shall be heard, and each
day that a violation continues shall be considered a separate offense
for which a separate penalty may be imposed.
This chapter shall take effect when passed and published as
required by law.
