[Ord. No. 839 §1]
The City Council of the City of Palmyra, Missouri, hereby finds, determines and declares that it is in the best interests of the citizens of the City of Palmyra that proper and adequate provisions be made for the enforcement of a water conservation plan pertaining to and governing water service by the system owned by the City of Palmyra and in accordance therewith the following Sections of this Chapter are hereby declared to be the Water Conservation Plan of the City of Palmyra, Missouri, and after the passage of this ordinance the discontinuance, interruption or curtailment of water service to water consumers may be effected in accordance with the provisions of said Water Conservation Plan. The Water Department of the City of Palmyra shall from time to time make recommendations of amendments to or changes in the Water Conservation Plan subject to the approval of the City Council.
[Ord. No. 839 §2]
A. 
Mandatory.
1. 
No washing of sidewalks, driveways, parking areas, tennis courts, patios, or other paved areas; no pumping of fountain recirculating water.
2. 
No refilling of swimming pools with water furnished by the City.
3. 
No use of water for recreational uses such as water slides or yard play.
4. 
No washing of cars, other motor vehicles, trailers or boats.
5. 
No water to be used for dust control.
6. 
No flushing of mains by Water Department personnel, except to alleviate specific customer complaints.
7. 
No use of water from a fire hydrant except for fighting fires, human consumption, or use in connection with animals.
8. 
Watering of any lawn, garden, landscaped area, tree, shrub or other plant shall be prohibited.
9. 
All commercial and industrial users shall follow a previously submitted conservation plan for their operation which has been approved by the City Water Department. A commercial or industrial user that fails to submit a conservation plan shall be subject to the penalties provided herein.
B. 
Commercial and Industrial Conservation Plans. Commercial and industrial users must submit to the City Water Department a water conservation plan for their operation within one hundred twenty (120) days of the passage of this ordinance.
The conservation plan shall describe how the user intends to reduce water consumption during implementation of the Water Conservation Plan. The goal of the required plan shall be to reduce the customers' usage by fifty percent (50%) or more.
C. 
Notification Provision. With respect to the mandatory provisions of this plan, a customer shall be deemed to have been notified and directed to curtail the use of water as set forth in the plan when the General Superintendent of the City Water Department, or his designated representative, files such notice through the news media, except nothing contained herein shall be deemed to prohibit other means to notify persons of the need to reduce use of water in accordance with the plan.
Upon the Water Department taking steps to notify customers as set forth above, a customer shall be presumed to have notice and shall take steps to comply with the plan, except a customer may rebut such presumption by showing that the customer did not, in fact, have notice of the directions to comply with the provisions of this plan.
The Water Conservation Plan shall be in effect until such time as any problems relating to the curtailment of water to the consumers have been alleviated and normal operations have begun. Notice of curtailment and restrictions ending shall be advertised through available media by the General Superintendent or his designated representative.
D. 
Compliance with the Plan. All persons who receive City water service shall be entitled to receive such water service only upon strict compliance with provisions of the Water Conservation Plan.
It shall be unlawful for any person to violate the mandatory provisions of the Water Conservation Plan when such a person is directed to reduce or curtail their use of water as set forth in the Water Conservation Plan. A direction to reduce or curtail use of water shall be presumed when notice is given as set forth in the Water Conservation Plan.
[Ord. No. 839 §3]
Any person, who shall violate any of the mandatory provisions of the Water Conservation Plan pertaining to discontinuance, interruption, curtailment of water service, or any commercial or industrial user who fails to submit a conservation plan acceptable to the Water Department within one hundred twenty (120) days of the passage of this ordinance shall be punished by a fine of not less than five dollars ($5.00) nor more than one hundred fifty dollars ($150.00). Each day of violation shall constitute a separate violation thereof.
Additionally, any commercial or industrial user who fails to submit a conservation plan as required will be subject to termination of service.
[Ord. No. 839 §4]
PERSON
Any residential, commercial or industrial user or consumer of water from the City water system including any individual, individuals, partnership, association or corporation.