For the purpose of this article, the following terms shall have
the meanings given herein:
LIMITED SPRINKLING
The use of sprinkling devices as follows:
[Amended 9-16-2015 by Ord. No. 2015-19]
A.Â
Any owner or occupant of any lot or real estate that bears or
has been assigned an odd-numbered street address or which does not
bear or has not been assigned any street numbered address shall be
allowed to sprinkle only on the days of the month having odd numbers.
B.Â
Any owner or occupant of any lot or real estate that bears or
has been assigned an even-numbered street address shall be allowed
to sprinkle only on the days of the month having even numbers.
C.Â
The period of each day during which such watering or sprinkling
may be done shall be limited to the period from 10:00 p.m. to 7:00
a.m.
REASONABLE SPRINKLING
The use of sprinkling devices by any person, firm or corporation
without restriction, on a reasonable basis, for such purposes as watering
lawns or washing cars, windows or sidewalks.
SPRINKLING DEVICES
Include but are not limited to such devices as hoses, portable
sprinklers, and permanently installed sprinkler systems which are
used for such purposes as watering lawns or washing cars, windows
or sidewalks. Sprinkling devices shall not include those sprinkling
devices used in commercial car wash businesses nor sprinkling devices
used for purposes of fire protection.
[Amended 9-16-2015 by Ord. No. 2015-19]
A. Except as set forth in this section, no owner or occupant of any
lot or real estate shall engage in or permit at any time lawn sprinkling,
or other nonessential exterior water use, on such lot or real estate
during the period May 15 through September 15 of any year.
B. Exceptions. The following uses shall be excepted from the foregoing
restriction:
(1)Â
On odd-numbered calendar days, an owner or occupant having an
odd-numbered lot or real estate address number or having not been
assigned any street numbered address may engage in exterior water
use for all purposes; provided, however, that exterior water use for
lawn sprinkling purposes shall not be permitted from the hour of 10:00
a.m. to the hour of 4:00 p.m.
(2)Â
On even-numbered calendar days, an owner or occupant having
an even-numbered lot or real estate address number may engage in exterior
water use for all purposes; provided, however, that exterior water
use for lawn sprinkling purposes shall not be permitted from the hour
of 10:00 a.m. to the hour of 4:00 p.m.
(3)Â
Upon the written request of the owner or owner's agent of any
property having a lawn which has been seeded, sodded, or planted within
the past three months, the Water Commissioner may, in his or her discretion,
issue a permit temporarily suspending, in whole or in part, the application
of these seasonal lawn sprinkling restrictions upon such premises.
Such permit shall be issued only upon a finding that the permit is
necessary to preserve and promote the newly installed lawn or planting
and that a hardship would result from the strict application of the
sprinkling restriction. The Water Commissioner may impose such conditions
and limitations on the permit as he or she deems necessary or appropriate.
C. Any new or replacement sprinkling devices shall be equipped with
a WaterSense® labeled irrigation controller and shall be in compliance
with Section 2.5(g) of the Illinois Plumbing License Law (225 ILCS
320).
At any time the Water and Sewer Commissioner determines supply in the Village is sufficiently threatened, impaired or diminished to present a threat to the health or safety of Village residents, he or she shall immediately issue an order restricting water usage to a limited sprinkling basis, shall report his or her action to the Board of Trustees, together with his or her recommendations for additional water conservation measures to be imposed, if any, and shall instruct the Village Clerk to give public notice of his or her order as provided in §Â
225-228. The Commissioner's order shall remain in effect until revoked by him or her.
When the Water and Sewer Commissioner informs the President and Board of Trustees of a diminished water supply in accordance with §Â
225-226, the President and Board of Trustees may, if in its judgment conditions warrant it, adopt an ordinance declaring that it is necessary and in the best interests of the residents of the Village that water conservation measures specified in such ordinance be adopted on an emergency basis for the period during which said ordinance continues in effect.
It shall be a violation of this Part 2 to use water in any manner
prohibited by an emergency water order or ordinance at any time following
receipt of actual notice of said order or ordinance or following its
publication, whichever occurs first.
It shall be a violation of this Part 2 to flush any sanitary
sewer with potable water from any source.