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HomeMy WebLinkAbout0747 ORDINANCE NO. 747 .CITY OF LAKEVILLE DAKOTA COUNTY, MINNESOTA AN ORDINANCE AMENDING TITLE 7, CHAPTER 5 OF THE LAKEVILLE CITY CODE CONCERNING EMERGENCY REGULATIONS, CONSERVATION THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LAKEVILLE, MINNESOTA ORDAINS: SECTION 1. Section 7-5-12 of the Lakeville City Code is amended to read: 7-5-12: WATER USE: 7-5-12-1: WATER EMERGENCY: To protect the health and safety of the consumers, as well as the general welfare, the Mayororhis/her designee may impose emergency regulationspertaining to City water use. a) During an emergency, restrictions for the use of City water may include,. but are not limited to, the total prohibition of watering, sprinkling, or irrigation of lawn, grass, turf, or plantings. b) Restrictions imposed during. an emergency shall continue in effect until the end of the emergency and/or removed by the Mayor or his/her designee. c) Notification of restrictions to City water use may be given by publication or by posting in the City Hall and at such public places as the CounciF may direct. 7-5-12-2: ANNUAL WATER USE RESTRICTIONS: To conserve water resources and allow the City's water system flexibility in meeting peak demands, certain limitations must be placed on the City's water supply. a) An odd-even sprinkling restriction based on street addresses is in effect from 1 May to 30 September each year.. Residents with odd numbered addresses may water on odd calendar days; residents with even numbered addresses .may water on even calendar days. b) Homeowners' associations and apartment complexes that provide a common irrigation system may water only every other day. c) City water cannot be used for the purposes of irrigating or watering lawns, sod, or seeded areas between 11:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. daily. 7-5-12-3: EXCEPTIONS: The wateruse restrictions in Section 7-5-12-2 do not apply in the following situations. a) Limited hand watering of plants using a hose. bj Watering of new landscaping, sod, or seed within 30 days of installation. c} Watering from a source other than the City's water supply if the water user has registered the alternative source with Dakota County and the altemative source is properly permitted by the State of Minnesota. Under this exemption, the City may inspect the property to ensure compliance... 7-5-12-4: PENALTIES: a) Failure to comply with restrict{ons orprohibitior? imposed under this ordinance shall result in a surcharge for water service for each violation in an amount determined by resolution of the City Council, which witl be added to the water bill for the property on which such violation occurs. b) Violators will be notified prior to the imposition of a surcharge.. An initial notice of violation will be given to the violator. Subsequent violations in the same calendar year will result in the imposition of a surcharge. Notices of Surcharge for violations occumng after receipt of the initial notice shall be mailed to the property owner. The City shall presume receipt of the Notice of Surcharge three (3) days after mailing. SECTION 2. This ordinance shall be effective on January 1, 2404 fo{{owing its passage and publication. ADOPTED this 2~th day of October 2003, by the.City Council of the City of Lakeville, Minnesota CITY OF LAKEV{LLE Robert D. John ,Mayor EST: r Charlene Friedges, C' Jerk 2 PUBLIC NOTICE ORDINANCE NO. 747 CITY OF LAKEVILLE DAKOTA COUNTY, MINNESOTA AN ORDINANCE AMENDING TITLE 7, CHAPTER 5 OF THE LAKEVILLE CITY CODE CONCERNING EMERGENCY REGULATIONS, CONSERVATION THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LAKEVILLE, MINNESOTA ORDAINS: SECTION 1. Section 7-5-12 of the Lake- ville City Code is amended to read: 7-5-12: WATER USE: 7-5-12-1: WATER EMERGENCY: To protect the health and safety of the consumers, as well as the general welfare, the Mayor or his/her designee may impose emergency regulations pertaining to City water use. a) During an emergency, restrictions for the use of City water may include, but are not limited to, the total prohibition of watering, sprinkling, or irrigation of lawn, grass, turf, or plantings. b) Restrictions imposed during an emer- gency shall continue in effect until the end of the emergency and/or removed by the Mayor or his/her designee. c) Notification of restrictions to City water use may be given by publication or by posting in the City Hall and at such public places as the Council may direct. 7-5-12-2: ANNUAL WATER USE RE- STRICTIONS: To conserve water resources, and allow the City's water system flexibility in meet- ing peak demands, certain limitations must be placed on the City's water supply. a) An odd -even sprinkling restriction based on street addresses is in effect from 1 May to 30 September each year. Residents with odd numbered address- es may water on odd calendar days: res- idents with even numbered addresses may water on even calendar days. b) Homeowners' associations and apart- ment complexes that provide a common irrigation system may water only every other day. c) City water cannot be used for the pur- poses of irrigating or watering lawns. sod, or seeded areas between 11:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. daily. 7-5-12-3: EXCEPTIONS: The water use restrictions in Section 7- 5-12-2 do not apply in the following situa- tions. a) Limited hand watering of plants using a hose. b) Watering of new landscaping, sod, or seed within 30 days of installation. c) Watering from a source other than the City's water supply if the water user has registered the alternative source with Dakota County and the alternative source is property permitted by the State of Minnesota. Under this exemp- tion, the City may inspect the property to ensure compliance. 7-5-12-4: PENALTIES: a) Failure to comply with restrictions or prohibitions imposed under this ordi- nance shall result in a surcharge for water service for each violation in an amount determined by resolution of the City Council, which will be added to the water bill for the property on which such violation occurs. b) Violators will be notified prior to the imposition of a surcharge. An initial notice of violation will be given to the violator. Subsequent violations in the same calendar year will result in the imposition of a surcharge. Notices of Surcharge for violations occurring after receipt of the initial notice shall be mailed to the property owner. The City shall presume receipt of the Notice of Surcharge three (3) days after mailing. SECTION 2. This ordinance shall be effective on January 1, 2004 following its passage and publication. ADOPTED this 20th day of October, 2003, by the City Council of the City of Lakeville, Minnesota. CITY OF LAKEVILLE BY: Robert D. Johnson, Mayor ATTEST: Charlene Friedges, City Clerk T70 10/25/03 AFFIDAVIT OF PUBLICATION STATE OF MINNESOTA County of Dakota SS TAD JOHNSON, being duly sworn, on oath says that he is an authorized agent and employee of the publisher of the newspaper known as Thisweek Newspapers, and has full knowledge of the facts which are stated below: (A)The newspaper has complied with all of the requirements constituting qualification as a legal newspaper, as provided by Minnesota Statutes 331 A.02, 33 1 A.07 and other applic- able laws, as a--iended. (B)The printed which is attached was cut from the columns of said newspaper, and was printed and pub- lished once each week, for suca ssrve weeks; it was first published on Saturday, the t51$ay of X0.3 , Q rd, o be,r- nd was thereafter printed and published on every Saturday to and including Saturday, the day of , ; and print- ed below is a copy of the lower case alphabet from A to Z, both inclusive, which is hereby acknowledged as being the size and kind of type used in the composition and publication of the notice: abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz BY: / TITLE: Managing Editor Subscribed and sworn to before me on this C47111*—,... day of X03. OAXII Notary Public CAROL J. HAVERLAND NOTARY PUBLIC — MINNESOTA My Commission Expires 1-31-2005 vvvvywAankAwesevwevvonwevvv