O-81-906 - 6/25/1981ORDINANCE NO. e:266
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 10, SECTION 4.A.(7)
OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES, DEALING WITH MANDATORY
WATER CONSERVATION.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ROUND ROCK,
TEXAS,
I.
That Chapter 10, Section 4.A.(7) of the Code of Ordi-
nances, City of Round Rock, Texas is hereby amended to read
as follows:
(7) Water Usages and Rates During Periods of Drought
(a) When the static water level in the City's
water well No. 4, located at the Lake Creek
Pump Station is at a level less than sixty
(60) feet above the pump bowls, the Mayor
shall declare that a need for mandatory water
conservation exists and the following provi-
sions shall automatically and immediately go
into effect:
(i) It shall be unlawful for the owner or occu-
pant of any residence or business to use
water for any outdoor purpose, including
but not limited to, lawn sprinkling and
vehicle washing; provided however that the
watering of outdoor vegetation from a hand-
held hose will be permitted between the
hours of 6:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. and 6:00
p.m. to 10:00 p.m.
(b) The foregoing provisions of this Paragraph
(7) shall remain in effect from the day the
Mayor declares a need for mandatory water
conservation exists and shall continue in ef-
fect from day to day until such time that a
resolution is adopted by the City Council at
a regular or special called meeting declaring
that the need for mandatory water conserva-
tion or a water emergency no longer exists.
(c) Any declaration of the Mayor pursuant to (a)
above shall be in writing, filed with the
City Secretary, and published in two succes-
sive issues of the official newspaper.
(d) In any case when a person shall have been
charged with using water in violation of this
section, proof that water was being used for
an outdoor purpose, at the date of the of-
fense alleged, on premises or property owned
or occupied by the person charged with the
offense, shall constitute prima facie evi-
dence that the person charged was using the
water and had knowledge of the violation, but
said owner or occupant shall have the right
to introduce evidence to show that the water
was not being used by him or her as charged
in the complaint, or that the water was being
used without his or her knowledge.
4.
II.
A. Any person, firm, or corporation who shall violate
any of the provisions of this ordinance shall be guilty of a
misdemeanor, and upon conviction shall be fined in any sum
not exceeding Two Hundred Dollars ($200.00), and each and
every day the violation continues shall constitute a separate
and distinct offense.
B. The invalidity of any section or provision of this
ordinance shall not invalidate other sections or provisions
thereof.
C. All ordinances, parts of ordinances, or resolutions
in conflict herewith are expressly repealed.
READ and APPROVED on first reading this the /P:// day
, 1981.
READ, APPROVED and ADOPTED on second reading
‹in
the 6t) — day of
ATTEST:
1981.
this
LRY L. OIN, Mayor
City of Round Rock, Texas
JONE LAND, City Secretary