HomeMy Public PortalAboutORD 91/20ORDINANCE NO. 91/20
AN ORDINANCE OF THE TOWN COMMISSION OF THE
TOWN OF GULF STREAM, FLORIDA, RELATING TO THE
USE OF WATER FOR LANDSCAPE IRRIGATION;
AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 91/11 RELATING TO
RESTRICTIONS AND REGULATIONS FOR WATERING;
PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY; PROVIDING FOR
REPEAL OF ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT; PROVIDING
FOR CODIFICATION; PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE TOWN COMMISSION OF THE TOWN OF GULF
STREAM, FLORIDA, AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Ordinance No. 91/11 of the Town of Gulf Stream,
Florida, is hereby amended at Article III, Landscape Irrigation
Regulations, by amending Section 10.22 to read as follows:
"Section 10.22 Restrictions.
The use of water for sprinkling or other irrigation of
lawns, landscaped areas, golf courses, or other outdoor
vegetation in the Town of Gulf Stream is restricted as
follows:
(a) The use of water for sprinkling and irrigation is
prohibited on Friday.
(b) The use of water for sprinkling and irrigation
shall be allowed only during non daylight hours
said, sprinkling and irrigation being prohibited,
except as otherwise stated herein, during daylight
hours. Further, said sprinkling and irrigation
shall be limited to three days a week as follows:
(1) Property with odd numbered addresses
shall be permitted to irrigate on Monday,
Wednesday and Saturday. Odd numbered
addresses means a house address, box
number or rural route ending in the
numbers 1, 3, 5, 7 and 9 or the letters N
through Z.
(2) Property with even numbered addresses
shall be permitted to irrigate on
Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday. Even
numbered addresses means a house address,
box number or rural route ending in the
number 0, 2, 4, 6 and 8, or the letters A
through M, and those properties which
have no street address, as well as those
properties with multiple addresses.
(c) Any installation of new landscape on any property
within the Town including, but not limited to, sod,
trees and shrubs, may be irrigated during non
daylight hours Saturday through Thursday for the
first thirty (30) days after they are installed.
Thereafter, such property shall be watered in
compliance with Section 10.22(b).
(d) Low volume hand watering (hand held directed to
plant root system) shall be allowed and is not
restricted by the provisions of this section.
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(e) Golf courses shall be subject to the restrictions
herein relating to watering only during non
daylight hours. In addition thereto the following
restrictions shall apply. Nine holes of any golf
course may be watered on Monday, Wednesday and
Saturday during non daylight hours. The remaining
holes may be watered on Tuesday, Thursday and
Sunday during non daylight hours. Golf course
greens may be watered on a daily basis within the
times specified herein.
(f) Tennis courts composed of har-tru, clay or other
permeable surface which requires watering may be
watered on a daily basis, said watering to be a
limited extent as necessary to maintain said
courts."
Section 2. Ordinance No. 91/11 of the Town of Gulf Stream,
Florida, is hereby amended at Article III, Landscape Irrigation
Regulations, by amending Section 10.25 to read as follows:
"Section 10.25 Penalties.
Violation of any provision of this article shall be
subject to the following penalties:
(a) For the first violation, by a fine not to exceed
Fifty Dollars ($50.00);
(b) For a second violation by a fine not to exceed One
Hundred Fifty Dollars ($150.00);
(c) For a third violation by a fine not to exceed Two
Hundred Fifty Dollars ($250.00) and by termination
of water service to the premises until the
violation is corrected.
The fines imposed herein shall be paid to the Town Clerk
of the Town of Gulf Stream.
Each day a violation of this article exists shall
constitute a separate offense. In the event a violator
contests the provision of any fine or penalty levied
hereunder, said person may contest the violation in
county court. In the event a matter is contested in
county court, the penalty hereunder shall be subject to
the general penalty provisions of the Town of Gulf Stream
which are the jurisdictional limits imposed by the county
court. In addition to the sanctions contained herein the
Town may take other appropriate legal action, including
but not limited to emergency injunctive action, to
enforce the provisions of this article."
Section 3. Severability.
If any provision of this Ordinance or the application thereof
is held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect the other
provisions or applications of this Ordinance which can be given
effect without the invalid provisions or applications, and to this
end the provisions of this Ordinance are hereby declared severable.
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Section 4. Repeal of Ordinances in Conflict.
All other ordinances of the Town of Gulf Stream, Florida, or
parts thereof which conflict with this or any part of this
Ordinance are hereby repealed.
Section 5. Codification.
This Ordinance shall be codified and made a part of the
official Code of Ordinances of the Town of Gulf Stream.
Section 6. Effective Date.
This Ordinance shall take effect immediately upon its passage
and approval, as provided by law.
PASSED AND ADOPTED in a regular, adjourned session on first
reading this %yT^ day of 1991, and for a second and
final reading on this
day 4 AS�'- 1991.
yOR
ATTEST
TOWN CLERK
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