[Amended 7-28-1992]
There is a reasonable likelihood that in certain areas of the Town there
may be shortages of public drinking water as a result of drought, equipment
outages and/or pollution of water supplies. In order to avoid the harmful
consequences of such shortages it is necessary to have a means of restricting
certain uses of water not essential to the health, welfare and safety of the
residents of the Town prior to enduring periods of threatened shortages or
actual shortages.
The Town Manager is authorized to declare a water emergency and to take appropriate action, such as that provided in §
193-7 below. Such declaration of a water emergency may be made at such times as deemed necessary by the Town Manager and shall be made upon reasonable request by one or more of the water utilities providing water in the Town.
The declaration of a water emergency shall become effective at 12:00
noon on the day following the publication of the declaration in a newspaper
having a circulation in the Town. The declaration shall clearly set forth
the restrictions and prohibitions being imposed. If the restrictions and prohibitions
are to apply to only certain areas of the Town and not to the entirety of
the Town, the declaration shall specify the areas affected by the declaration.
When a water emergency has been declared and restrictive and prohibitive
actions have been taken, the declaration and actions taken shall continue
in full force and effect until terminated by the Town Manager after consultation
with the appropriate water utilities.
The Assistant Town Planner shall respond to complaints regarding violations
of this article and, if such complaints are verified, shall contact the Police
Department of the Town, which shall enforce the provision of this article.
Violation of this article shall be punishable by a fine of $100 for
each offense. Each act or each day's continuation of a violation shall be
considered a separate offense.