Aurora 1996 WCPlan

• Project Type: Water Conservation Plan
• Project Name: Aurora Water Conservation Plan
• Title: Aurora: Committed to Water Conservation
• Date: 6/21/1996
• County: Arapahoe
• County: Adams
• County: Douglas
• Water Conservation - Doc Type: Complete Plan

* 39.78

AURORA CODE

Sec. 39-78. Lawn irrigation.

(a) Waste. Waste of water shall not be permitted. Waste of water is defined as, by way of
illustration, but not limitation: continuous application of water to lawns or sod resulting in
ponding or the flowing of waste water into drainage or storm drainage facilities; failure to
repair irrigation system units which are leaking, application of water intended for lawn
irrigation to impervious surfaces and all other applications of water which do not result in
beneficial use of such water. Violators of this provision regarding waste shall be subject to the
enforcement provisions set forth in subsection (b) below. Notwithstanding any other provisions
of this section, the director of utilities or his authorized agent may shutofTwater service to any
given premises if the director or his authorized agent reasonably finds that an extreme waste
of water is occurring on the premises.

(b) Enforcement. The person or entity billed for water service to any given premises,
whether owner or occupant, shall be responsible for compliance with the aforementioned
conservation measures and violators of such conservation measures will be subject to the
following actions and penalties:

(1) In the event of a first violation, the person or entity billed will be advised in writing
of the violation and a twenty-live-dollar charge will be added to the water bill for the
premises.

(2) In the event of a second violation at the same premises, the person or entity billed will
be advised in writing of the violation and a fifty.dollar charge will be added to the
water bill for the premises.

(3) In the event of a third or any subsequent violation at the same premises, the person
or entity billed \vill be advised in writing of the violation and a one hundred.dollar
charge will be added to the water bill for the premises.

(4) In the event of a third or any subsequent violation at the same premises, the director
of utilities may choose to suspend service in which case the person or entity billed
shall post a bond with the director of utilities in the sum of one hundred fifty dollars
($150.00) in order to obtain restoration of service, such bond to be conditioned upon
compliance with the above conservation measures. Failure to comply shall result in
forfeiture of the bond.

(5) Appeals of such penalties may be made pursuant to the appeal procedure set forth in
section 39.88.

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(c) Director of utilities. The director of utilities or his assignee is hereby empowered to
enforce all provisions of this section. (Ord. No. 80.159, S 1, 10.27-80; Ord. No. 81.43, S 1,4-6.81;
Ord. No. 82.184, S 1, 11.1-82; Ord. No. 84.174. S 3, 1-7.85; Ord. No. 90.94, ~ 1, 11-5-90)

Sec. 39.79. Definitions.

For purposes of this division the following definitions shall apply:

Aurora water supply deliuery system shall be defined as all those systems of water delivery
owned, operated, and maintained by'the city and all other delivery systems which are supplied
water by the city.

Lawn, turf or sodded areas shall be defined as those areas primarily devoted to the
cultivation of any species of grass.

Supp. No. 45

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