[Amended 6-21-2000 by L.L. No. 30-2000]
It is the specific determination of the Board of Water Commissioners
of the Incorporated Village of Mineola that a failure to conserve
and comprehensively manage the water supply within the Village would
pose a potential threat to the safety and well-being of its citizens.
Accordingly, the Board of Water Commissioners declares the instant
comprehensive management/conservation program, which is designed to
regulate and limit the use of water throughout the Village and to
provide for the enforcement of such program, since it is the express
purpose of the Village to conserve, protect and manage the waters
within its jurisdiction. This determination has been made in connection
with the directives of the New York State Department of Environmental
Conservation, which imposed restrictions upon water pumpage, and in
view of the fact that the water supply of the Village is dependent
upon a sole source aquifer system which serves domestic, industrial,
commercial and/or recreational needs of all persons who reside or
work in the Village.
The following restrictions apply to all air-conditioning systems
located within the Village:
A. All existing commercial and industrial water-operative air-conditioning
systems, refrigeration or other water-cooling equipment shall be equipped
with a water recycling system or be converted to an air-operative
system forthwith.
B. All commercial and industrial water-operative air-conditioning systems,
refrigeration or other water-cooling equipment for which building
permits have not been issued shall be equipped with a water recycling
system.
No fire hydrant shall be operated or utilized without the prior
receipt of a permit therefor from the Water Department of the Incorporated
Village of Mineola. The Department shall from time to time promulgate
a schedule of fees for such usage. This section does not apply to
fire departments and to departments of the Incorporated Village of
Mineola.
The following additional restrictions are placed upon water
use:
A. Car washing within the Village, whether performed on residential
or commercial premises, or on any streets adjacent thereto, shall
be performed only with hoses fitted with spray nozzles equipped with
an automatic shutoff.
B. The use of water for washing down driveways, sidewalks, or walkways
is hereby prohibited.
The enforcement officer designated in Chapter
25 of this Municipal Code, the Superintendent of Public Works, and the Water Plant Operations Supervisor are hereby designated as persons in power to enforce the provisions of this article and are further hereby authorized to issue appearance tickets pursuant to § 150.20 of the Criminal Procedure Law.
Any conflicts between this article and Nassau County Ordinance
No. 248-A-1987 shall be resolved in favor of the Nassau County ordinance,
which ordinance shall control with regard to matters not covered by
this article and with regard to any provision of this article which
is less restrictive than such ordinance.