[Adopted 8-11-1980 by Ord. No. 137 as Ch. 40 of the Grosse Ile Township Code]
Pursuant to an order by the Department of Public Health of the State of Michigan, issued January 22, 1979, in accordance with the provisions of Public Act 339 adequately controlling use of water taken from the water system of the Township for lawn sprinkling during peak water use periods within the Township, this Code article is enacted in compliance with such requirement.
When used in this article of the Code, the following terms shall have the following meanings unless a specific provision of this article provides for a different meaning:
PERSON
Includes not only any natural person but also any partnership, association, profit or nonprofit corporation, unincorporated or incorporated club, any other group or combination of individuals acting jointly or in concert, and any other legally recognized public or private entity.
TO WATER
The act of obtaining and using water from the Grosse Ile Township water system for the purposes of watering or sprinkling any lawn within the Township.
It shall be unlawful for any person to water or cause to be watered any lawn within the Township of Grosse Ile during the months of May through September, inclusive, except as otherwise provided in § 268-4 of this article.
The prohibition contained within § 268-3 of this chapter shall not apply during those times and on those days as the Township Board may by formal motion except based upon and in consideration of peak water use periods within the Township.
A. 
Any person having any ownership interest of any land within the Township of Grosse Ile on which an act prohibited by this article occurs shall be deemed to have caused such prohibited act to have taken place if such person resides on or is otherwise in possession or has supervisory control of such land.
B. 
In the event that a person having any ownership interest of any land within the Township of Grosse Ile on which an act prohibited by this article occurs does not reside on such land, then in such event the person who is in possession or has supervisory control of such land area shall be deemed to have caused such prohibited act to occur on such land area.
[Added 7-22-2002]
Penalties for violation of this article shall be punishable as provided in Chapter 1, General Provisions, § 1-3. The provisions of Chapter 1, Article II, Municipal Civil Infractions, also apply to violations of this article.