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BILL NO.
ORDINANCE NO. 1697
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF CALDWELL RELATING TO THE
CONSERVATION OF CITY'S WATER; AND DECLARING AN
EMERGENCY.
WHEREAS, it may be necessary to conserve the water of
the City of Caldwell; and
WHEREAS, the situation may become serious at any time
due an excessive demand on the water system; and
WHEREAS, the Mayor and the City Council may have to
determine that the people of Caldwell must consider a
possible emergency when water conservation methods must be
put into effect; and
THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by the Mayor and Council of
the City of Caldwell that the citizens of Caldwell may be
ordered to sprinkle their lawns on alternate days. Those
whose address is an odd number are to sprinkle on odd days
and those with even number to sprinkler on even days.
Specific hours may be designated by the Mayor and City
Council when sprinkling would not be permitted.
BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED that this law should be in
effect for a period of one hundred twenty days by vote of
the City Council and re- enacted as needed. Anyone in
violation of this order shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and
shall be fined in a sum not to exceed three hundred dollars
or confined in jail for a period of not more than thirty
days.
PASSED BY THE COUNCIL of the City of Caldwell this 24th
day of June, 1985.
APPROVED BY THE MAYOR of the City of Caldwell this 24th
day of June, 1985.
ATTEST: Mayor
City Cldrk