§ 94-163. Landscape irrigation schedules.  


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  • (a)

    When Daylight Savings Time is in effect, landscape irrigation shall occur only in accordance with the following irrigation schedule:

    (1)

    Residential landscape irrigation at odd numbered addresses or no address may occur only on Wednesday and Saturday and shall not occur between 10:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m.; and

    (2)

    Residential landscape irrigation at even numbered addresses may occur only on Thursday and Sunday and shall not occur between 10:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m.; and

    (3)

    Nonresidential landscape irrigation may occur only on Tuesday and Friday and shall not occur between 10:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m.; and

    (4)

    No more than ¾ inch of water may be applied per irrigation zone on each day that irrigation occurs, and in no event shall irrigation occur for more than 1 hour per irrigation zone on each day that irrigation occurs.

    (b)

    When Eastern Standard Time is in effect, landscape irrigation shall occur only in accordance with the following irrigation schedule:

    (1)

    Residential landscape irrigation at odd numbered addresses or no address may occur only on Saturday and shall not occur between 10:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m.; and

    (2)

    Residential landscape irrigation at even numbered addresses may occur only on Sunday and shall not occur between 10:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m.; and

    (3)

    Non-residential landscape irrigation may occur only on Tuesday and shall not occur between 10:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m.; and

    (4)

    No more than ¾ inch of water may be applied per irrigation zone on each day that irrigation occurs, and in no event shall irrigation occur for more than 1 hour per irrigation zone on each day that irrigation occurs.

    (c)

    To address the city's reclaimed water system operational concerns, the reclaimed water customers of the city shall use reclaimed water for landscape irrigation only in accordance with the landscape irrigation schedule set forth above and the exceptions below. For the purpose of this paragraph, a reclaimed water system includes systems in which the primary source is reclaimed water, which may or may not be supplemented from another source during peak demand periods.

    (d)

    All landscape irrigation shall be limited in amount to only that necessary to meet landscape needs.

(Ord. No. 09-11, § 2, 5-14-09)