O-2014-1908 - 11/13/2014 1 ORDINANCE NO. 0-2014-1908
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3 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 44, SECTION 44-6, CODE OF
4 ORDINANCES (2010 EDITION), CITY OF ROUND ROCK, TEXAS,
5 PROHIBITING WATER WASTE; AND PROVIDING FOR A SAVINGS
6 CLAUSE AND REPEALING CONFLICTING ORDINANCES AND
7 RESOLUTIONS.
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9 BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ROUND ROCK,
10 TEXAS:
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12 That Chapter 44, Section 44-6, Code of Ordinances (2010 Edition), City of Round
13 Rock, Texas, is hereby amended to read as follows:
14 Sec.44-6. Prohibiting water waste.
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16 (a) It shall be unlawful for a person to engage in any conduct that results in the waste of water from the
17 city's potable and/or reuse water utility systems.
18 (b) Without limiting the foregoing, the following acts constitute the waste of water:
19 (1) It shall be unlawful for a person to fail to repair a controllable leak, including a broken sprinkler
20 head, a leaking valve, leaking or broken pipes, a leaking faucet, or a head that is misting.
21 (2) It shall be unlawful for a person to operate, or allow to be operated, an irrigation system with:
22 a. A broken head;
23 b. A head that is out of adjustment where the arc of the spray head is over a street or parking
24 lot; or
25 c. During irrigation, allowing water to run off a property such that there is a trail of water that
26 is running in the street for a distance of 50 feet or greater, or allowing water to pond in the
27 street or parking lot to a depth greater that one-fourth of an inch.
28 (3) It shall be unlawful for a person to operate, or allow to be operated a fountain or decorative
29 water feature unless a recirculation device is in use.
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33 A. All ordinances, parts of ordinances, or resolutions in conflict herewith are
34 expressly repealed.
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1 B. The invalidity of any section or provision of this ordinance shall not
2 invalidate other sections or provisions thereof.
3 C. The City Council hereby finds and declares that written notice of the date,
4 hour, place and subject of the meeting at which this Ordinance was adopted was posted
5 and that such meeting was open to the public as required by law at all times during
6 which this Ordinance and the subject matter hereof were discussed, considered and
7 formally acted upon, all as required by the Open Meetings Act, Chapter 551, Texas
8 Government Code, as amended.
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9 READ and APPROVED on first reading this the 3 — day of
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11 READ, APPROVED and ADOPTED on second reading this the t day of
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15 ALA CGRAW, Mayor
16 City of Round Rock, Texas
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18 ATTEST:
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21 SARA L. WHITE, City Clerk
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