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(Published in the Wichita Eagle-Beacon the
day of
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1988)
'mE CITY OF BEL AIRE, KANSAS
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AN ORDINAlCE PKWIDnG Em THE MAYOR (E PRESIDF.NI' OF 'mE
CITY COUNCIL TO IMPLEMENT AN EMERGENCY WATER
CONSERVATION PROGRAM WHICH MAY LIMIT, CURTAIL OR
PlOIIBIT THE USE OF WATER; PI01IDnG Em R>TICE OF SOCII
PIniRAMSi PI01IDnG Em TERMINATIaI OF WATER SERVICE Em
FAILURE TO COMPLY AND PROVIDING FOR VIOLATION AND
PmALTIES.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE <:oJE:RNDG ID>Y OF THE CITY OF BEL AIRE, KANSAS:
Section 1.
~ <XRiERRVATIaI PRX;RAM
In order to assure a supply of water for human and animal
consumption and the necessary vital human needs of the water uses of the
City of Bel Aire, Kansas, the Mayor or in his absence the President of the
City Council may implement an Emergency Water Conservation Program, when it
is determined that because of the demands of water usage; stress or
overworking of the City water supply system, or malfunctions or breakage in
the City water supply system, there is or could be a shortage of water
supply to meet the needs for human and animal consumption and the necessary
and vital human uses of water.
The Mayor, or the President of the City Council in his absence,
is authorized to declare an Emergency Water Conservation Program which may
limit, curtail or prohibit the use of water for any purpose other than for
human and animal consurrption and necessities of human needs.
Section 2. R)'l'ICE TO WATER USERS
Whenever an Emergency Water Conservation Program is implemented a
notice of that programs implementation shall be delivered to each water
user as shows by the records of the Water Department of the City at the
address of said water user as indicated in those records, informing the
user of the details of the limitation, curtailment or prohibition on the
use of water.
Section 3.
FAILURE 10 cntPLY
After a notice of the implementation of an Emergency Water
Conservation Program has been delivered to the registered water user of the
City of Bel Aire, Kansas, the City may terminate the water service to any
user who willfully refuses to comply with the limitation, curtailment or
prohibition on the use of water as set forth in the notice of the
implementation of an Emergency Water Conservation Program.
Section 4. VIOLM'ICN-ll'ffiALTY
Any person who fails to comply with the limited, curtailed or
prohibited use of water as set forth in a Emergency Water Conservation
program after notice is delivered to the user as provided in Section 2 of
this Ordinance shall, upon conviction be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and
may be fined in a sum not to exceed One Hundred )x)llars ($100.00).
Section 5. Q"J."'.tL"tIVE DATE
This Ordinance shall be in full force and effect after its
publication the official City newspaper.
AOOPl'.ED AND APJ?IUlED by the City Council this.:{ J day of June, 1988.
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