OR 87-387 Declares a period of temporary water rationing AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF COPPELL, TEXAS
ORDINANCE NO. 87387
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF COPPELL, TEXAS, DECLARING A "PERIOD
OF TEMPORARY WATER RATIONING"; PROVIDING THAT SUCH "PERIOD OF WATER
RATIONING" SHALL CONTINUE UNTIL PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENT THROUGH NEWS
RELEASE IS MADE BY THE OFFICE OF CITY MANAGER OF THE CITY OF COPPELL;
MAKING IT UNLAWFUL FOR ANY PERSON, FIRM OR CORPORATION, DURING THE
EFFECTIVE "PERIOD OF WATER RATIONING" TO USE WATER FROM THE CITY OF
COPPELL WATERWORKS SYSTEM WHICH IS NOT IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE
FOLLOWING WATER RATIONING SCHEDULE:
While this ordinance in in effect, the following measures to ensure an
adequate supply shah be implemented:
i. Odd/Even Watering: Home and/or businesses with odd
numbered street addresses may water on odd numbered days only. Homes
and/or businesses with even numbered street addresses may water on even
numbered days only. Watering shall be limited to three (3) hours per day.
City and School District facilties shall also follow the above schedule.
2. Watering of landscaping in parkways and medians shah not
exceed three (3) hours per day per water service. No watering on weekends
between the hours of 12:00 a.m. Saturday and 11:59 p.m. Sunday evening.
The odd/even watering method shah apply to the following:
(a) Predominantly north/south streets may water on odd calendar
days.
(b) Predominantly east/west streets may water on even calendar
days.
3. Where odd/even calendar days for residential homes and/or
businesses fall during the weekend, watering between the hours of 12:00
a.m. Saturday and 11:59 p.m. Sunday evening for landscaping purposes shall
be limited to the following two (2) time periods:
(a) 1:00 a.m. to 4:00 a.m.
(b) 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
4. Where watering is necessary for retail and commercial
purposes such as landscape nurseries, paragraph 3 above shah not apply,
however, no more than nine (9) hours of watering per day shah be permitted.
5. Utility/paving construction projects may water during the
week; however, such projects shall be limited to twenty thousand (20,000)
gallons of water within any twenty-four (24) hour period and shah be
prohibited from watering between 12:00 a.m. Sattu'day and 11:59 p.m.
Sunday evening.
PROVIDING A REPEALING CLAUSE; PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; PROVIDING
PENALTIES FOR VIOLATION OF THIS ORDINANCE NOT TO EXCEED THE SUM OF
TWO HUNDRED DOLLARS ($200.00) FOR EACH OFFENSE; AND DECLARING AN
EFFECTIVE DATE.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COPPELL, TEXAS:
SECTION 1. DECLARATION OF PERIOD OF TEMPORARY WATER RATIOflING
While this ordinance in in effect, the following measures to ensure an
adequate supply shall be implemented:
1. Odd/Even Watering: Home and/or businesses with odd
numbered street addresses may water on odd numbered days only. Homes
and/or businesses with even numbered street addresses may water on even
numbered days only. Watering shall be limited to three (3) hours per day.
City and School District facilties shall also follow the above schedule.
2. Watering of landscaping in parkways and medians shall not
exceed three (3) hours per day per water service. No watering on weekends
between the hours of 12:00 a.m. Saturday and 11:59 p.m. Sunday evening.
The odd/even watering method shall apply to the following:
(a) Predominantly north/south streets may water on odd calendar
days.
(b) Predominantly east/west streets may water on even calendar
days.
3. Where odd/even calendar days for residential homes and/or
businesses fall during the weekend, watering between the hours of 12:00
a.m. Saturday and 11:59 p.m. Sunday evening for landscaping purposes shall
be limited to the following two (2) time periods:
(a) 1:00 a.m. to 4:00 a.m.
(b) 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
4. Where watering is necessary for retail and commercial
purposes such as landscape nurseries, paragraph 3 above shah not apply,
however, no more than nine (9) hours of watering per day shall be permitted.
5. Utility/paving construction projects may water during the
week; however, such projects shall be limited to twenty thousand (20,000)
gallons of water within any twenty-four (24) hour period and shall be
prohibited from watering between 12:00 a.m. Saturday and 11:59 p.m.
Sunday evening.
SECTION 2. DURATION OF PERIOD OF TEMPORARY WATER RATIONING
The "period of temporary water rationing" shall continue as a temporary measure
until public announcement is made through the office of the City Manager of the City
of Coppert, Texas, at which time this ordinance shah no longer be effective.
SECTION 3. WATER RATIONING MANDATORY
During the effective "period of temporary water rationing," it shall be unlawful
for any person, firm or corporation to use water from the Municipal Waterworks System
which such use is not in accordance with the above mentioned schedule of water
rationing.
SECTION 4. REPEALING CLAUSE
All ordinances, or parts of ordinances, inconsistent or in conflict with the
provisions of this ordinance are hereby repealed.
SECTION 5. SEVERABILITY CLAUSE
If any article, paragraph or subdivision, clause or provision of this ordinance
shall be adjudged invalid or held unconstitutional, the same shall not affect the validity
of this ordinance as a whole or any part or provision thereof, other than the part so
decided to be invalid or unconstitutional.
SECTION 6. PENALTY CLAUSE
Any person, firm or corporation violating any of the provisions of this ordinance
shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be punished by a
penalty of fine not to exceed the sum of Two Hundred Dollars ($200.00) for each offense,
and each and every day such offense is continued shall constitute a new and separate
offense.
SECTION 7. EFFECTIVE DATE
This ordinance shall take effect immediately from and after the publication of
its caption, as the law in such cases provides.
DULY PASSED by the City Council of the City of Coppell, Texas, on the
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