IRRIGATION
Controlled dispersion of water from any safe suitable source,
including properly treated wastewater, for the purpose of irrigating
landscape vegetation or the control of dust and erosion on landscape
areas.
IRRIGATION SYSTEM
Any assemblage of components, materials, or special equipment
which is designed, constructed and installed for controlled dispersion
of water from any safe suitable source, including properly treated
wastewater, for the purpose of irrigating landscape vegetation or
the control of dust and erosion on landscape areas, including integral
pumping systems or integral control systems for the manual, semiautomatic,
or automatic control of the operation of these systems.
All township residents and nonresidential property owners are
encouraged to voluntarily assist in the advancement of the interest
of water conservation by using private wells for irrigation and nonpotable
water needs, which action shall further promote the purposes of this
ordinance. Further, township residents and nonresidential owners are
hereby encouraged to continue use of private wells for irrigation
and nonpotable water needs subsequent to connecting to the public
water system to promote water conservation and the purposes of this
ordinance.
All new nonresidential development properties shall utilize
private wells for irrigation and other nonpotable purposes. The requirement
that new nonresidential development properties utilize private wells
for irrigation and nonpotable purposes shall not be construed to prohibit
new or existing residential properties from utilizing the public water
system for irrigation or nonpotable purposes.
All new residential developments are prohibited from using one
(1) common sprinkler system to sprinkle more than one (1) residential
lot. The common system used in Mirage Development can remain. All
new construction will have to provide one (1) sprinkler system and
meter per residential lot, if public water is being used. In the event
a development is going to be constructed utilizing a common sprinkler
system a private irrigation well must be installed to serve the common
sprinkler system.
If an underground irrigation system is proposed for nonresidential
site or installed for a lawn or landscaped areas, a rain-sensor shut-off
device must be installed and properly maintained with such system.
The shut-off device shall meet the following specifications.
A. The rain sensor shall employ an electromechanical actuating device
designed to cause circuit interruption that temporarily disables the
irrigation controller during periods of significant rainfall. For
purposes of this ordinance "significant rainfall" shall mean one-quarter
(1/4) inch of rain.
B. The rain sensor device shall be of a suitable grade of construction
such that the rain sensor device can withstand varying temperatures
and inclement weather.
C. The rain sensor device shall be placed in a suitable location to
prevent the irrigation system from watering in the event of a significant
rainfall.
No cross-connection between the public water system and a private
well source shall be created, implemented or used. Any person, firm
or corporation who creates, implements or uses a cross-connection
between the public water system and a private well source shall be
in violation of this ordinance.
Any person, firm or corporation that shall be convicted of a
violation of a provision of this ordinance shall, upon conviction
whereof by any court authorized by law to hear and determine the matter,
be subject to a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars ($1,000.)
or imprisonment for a term not exceeding ninety (90) days, or both,
as such court in its discretion may impose. Each day that such violation
exists shall constitute a separate offense.