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City of Lewes, DE
Sussex County
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[Adopted 8-11-1986]
It is the purpose of this article to establish procedures for water conservation when the Board of Public Works of the City of Lewes determines that water consumption for all properties, both within and without the City of Lewes, supplied by the Board of Public Works is to be curtailed in order to preserve the public health and welfare of the City of Lewes.
The Mayor of the City of Lewes shall declare voluntary water conservation to be in effect for all water users served by the Board of Public Works of the City of Lewes, both within and without the City of Lewes, whenever the President of the Board of Public Works recommends such voluntary water conservation to the Mayor because the water supply or the capacity of the public water system is approaching levels at which water rationing will be required to preserve the ability of the Board of Public Works to deliver a necessary amount of water to each water user.
A. 
The Mayor of the City of Lewes shall make a public announcement in the news media that voluntary water conservation is in effect. The announcement shall include a description of the provisions in effect.
B. 
All water users will be urged to conserve water in every possible way in their homes and in their businesses.
C. 
All users will be urged to avoid sprinkling their lawns and avoid watering gardens, shrubs or trees with a hose unless the lawn, gardens, shrubs or plants need the water to avoid damage, at any rate not more often than every second day and for not more than four hours per day.
D. 
All users will be urged to refrain from using a hose to wash motor vehicles, except at places of businesses where motor vehicles are washed on every business day either with attendants, with automatic equipment or by self-service.
E. 
All users will be urged to refrain from filling or adding water to swimming pools.
The Mayor of the City of Lewes shall declare mandatory water conservation to be in effect for all properties served by the Board of Public Works of the City of Lewes, both within and without the City of Lewes, whenever the President of the Board of Public Works recommends such mandatory water conservation to the Mayor because such restrictions are required in order that no water user served by the Board of Public Works will be without water.
A. 
The Mayor of the City of Lewes shall make a public announcement through the news media indicating that mandatory water conservation is in effect for all users of water supplied by the Board of Public Works for the City of Lewes. The announcement will include a copy of the restrictions.
B. 
No water shall be used for sprinkling lawns, and no water shall be used from a hose to water any garden, shrub or tree. These restrictions shall not apply to any person, firm or corporation engaged in the business of growing or selling plants of any kind.
C. 
No water shall be used from a hose to wash motor vehicles, except at places of business where motor vehicles are washed on every business day with attendants, with automatic equipment or by self-service. Any person may wash a motor vehicle with water from a bucket.
D. 
No swimming pool shall be filled, and no water shall be added to any swimming pool.
E. 
It shall be the policy to keep mandatory water conservation in effect for no longer than absolutely necessary. The mandatory water conservation shall be lifted as soon as such lifting will not result in any user of the public water supply being unable to get water.
The Board of Public Works shall make weekly reports to the City Manager while mandatory water conservation is in effect.
The Board of Public Works shall, from time to time, send, along with the regular bills, an explanation of the regulations set out in this article.
Any person, firm or corporation violating any provision of this article shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be fined not less than $25 nor more than $200 and shall pay the costs of prosecution. For the purposes of this article, a separate offense shall be deemed to have been committed on each day during or on which a violation occurs or continues.
The provisions of this article are separable, and the invalidity of any clause or sentence of any section of this article shall not affect the validity of the remainder of this article.