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6dOn A noF 630 CITY OF SANFORD WATER SHORTAGE ORDINANCE JULY 30, 2003 - Filling and operation of recreational swimming pools that serve fewer than 25 dwellings - Non - commercial washing of motor vehicles - Serving water in indoor commercial establishments, except by specific request. -Air Conditioning: refilling cooling towers after draining except as specified in Class 1 Public Use: -Fire Hydrants: any purpose, including use of sprinkler caps and testing fire apparatus and for fire department drills, except as listed in Class 1 - Flushing of Sewers and Hydrants except as listed in Class 1. DIVISION II_ STAGES OF WATER SHORTAGE See. Declaration of Voluntary Conservation Voluntary Conservation is needed when streamtlows are consistently below seasonal norms, and continued dry conditions are forecast, or when the usable water supply storage of the raw water reservoir is less than 80 %. Whenever the Public Works Director finds there is a potential water shortage, the City Manager, or his Designee, shall be empowered to declare that Voluntary Conservation conditions exist, and that the Public Works Director shall monitor the supply and demand of treated water daily and advise the City Manager of the need to increase water conservation measures to the next stage, or cancel the Voluntary Conservation directive if it is no longer needed. A notification shall be published in a newspaper of general circulation in the water distribution system area advising the public of the water shortage situation. When Voluntary Conservation is declared, use of water from the public water system supplied by the City of Sanford is discouraged for the following purposes: a. To water lawns, grass, shrubbery, trees, flower and vegetable gardens except as follows: 1. If your address ends in an odd number, watering can be done on odd - numbered calendar days. If your address ends in an even number, watering can be done on even - numbered days. 7/15/03 Page 5 of 12