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<br />Appendix B <br /> <br />ORDINANCE NO. 877 <br /> <br />AN ORDINANCE CONCERNING RESTRICTIONS ON USE OF WATER <br />FROM THE CITY OF LAMAR WATER SYSTEM <br /> <br />NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY <br />OF LAMAR, COLORADO: <br /> <br />Section L That the Superintendent of the Lamar Water Department is hereby <br />directed to, at all times, closely and diligently monitor the water supply "', to inform Council <br />and the Lamar Water Board, ", and to take such measures as said Superintendent may deem <br />necessary" , toward preserving the integrity of the municipal water system. <br /> <br />Section 2. That, in the discretion of the Lamar Water Superintendent, in consultation <br />with Council and the Lamar Water Board, and as water availability and quality circumstances <br />might dictate, said Lamar Water Superintendent is hereby authorized and directed to implement <br />voluntary restrictions on the use of water for lawn and landscaping irrigation purposes by all <br />users of the municipal water system. <br /> <br />a. Users shall be asked to voluntarily restrict usage of water, for lawn and irrigation <br />purposes, ", quasi-governmental users, such as the City, the County, the School District, <br />the Hospital District, and the State of Colorado shall be asked to limit their irrigation for <br />lawn and landscape purposes to three days of each week. <br /> <br />Section 3. That mandatory water use restrictions shall become effective at any time <br />the following criteria are met: <br /> <br />a. ", City water supply wells", drop to twenty-two feet six inches", <br /> <br />b. The 6,000,000 gallon primary water storage tank of the municipal water system <br />fails to recover to minimum water level exceeding eighteen feet (18') in the tank during <br />any twenty-four hour period", <br /> <br />Section 6. In the event that mandatory water use restrictions shall become effective <br />due to the existence of the criteria herein defined, any person violating such mandatory use <br />restrictions, upon conviction thereof by the Municipal Court, shall be punished by a fine of not <br />more than $300.00, or by imprisonment for not more than ninety days, or by both such fine and <br />imprisonment. <br /> <br />_: c! <br />