To ensure all current and future development projects in the Town have the necessary access to water, the following provisions shall apply to all applications pursuant Chapter
194, Zoning, and Chapter
163, Subdivision of Land, of the Town Code:
A. All proposed
subdivisions shall demonstrate that they can meet their potable water
demands with the best two wells out of service or provide an alternative
redundant source with sufficient excess capacity.
B. Irrigation
systems shall be supplied through a water line and well supply that
is separate and apart from the potable system. Prior to approval of
any application, an applicant must demonstrate that this separate
nonpotable supply shall not negatively impact the potable supply under
any conditions.
C. New subdivisions
that request to connect to an existing municipal water system will
only be approved if the existing system has enough excess capacity,
as determined by the Town Engineer or a designee, to meet double the
maximum day demand of the proposed development.
D. New subdivisions
connecting to an existing municipal system will be prohibited from
drawing water for irrigation from that system unless approved, in
writing, by the Town Engineer or a designee. Such approval can be
suspended at any time in the event of a system-wide water shortage
as determined by the Town Engineer or a designee.
E. Existing
subdivisions that draw irrigation water from municipal systems are
also subject to suspension of irrigation usage in the event of system-wide
water shortage as determined by the Town Engineer.
F. Failure
to comply with enacted suspensions of irrigation usage may result
in fines in an amount of $1,500 per day and/or suspension of water
service.
G. Requests
from parcels located within an existing water district for a water
service connection that will also include irrigation usage will be
granted if the existing water district has enough excess capacity,
as determined by the Town Engineer or a designee. Each parcel will
need to provide a buy-in fee to support the irrigation demand. Such
approval can be suspended at any time in the event of a system-wide
water shortage as determined by the Town Engineer or a designee.
[Added 5-25-2023 by L.L. No. 2-2023]
For all applications that relate to the installation of new,
permanently installed irrigation facilities, regardless of whether
the principal structure on the property has been built:
A. For all water districts, the property owner shall submit an irrigation
application to the Town Engineer for the purpose of installing and/or
operating an irrigation system.
B. The Town Engineer, or its designee, has the sole discretion to determine
the availability of water for the application.
C. All irrigation systems shall include the ability for the Water Department
to shut off the irrigation water.
D. All irrigation systems shall have a meter installed which shall be
separate from building water usage.
E. All irrigation systems shall utilize a rain sensor, soil moisture
sensor, and controller to program irrigation timing and usage quantity.
F. All irrigation systems must meet cross connection requirements, such
as a double check valve or RPZ, as approved by the Town Engineer.