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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. 1 (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. E 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 JCR\13147-01\AMNATERR.ORD 3