<div class="chunk-title">Sec. 64-2. - Definitions.</div>
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               <span class="ital">Allotment</span> shall mean the maximum quantity of water allowed for each customer over an applicable
               period as established in the water rationing provisions of this article.
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               <span class="ital">Any water</span> shall mean any type of water, including fresh water, brackish water, wastewater,
               or reclaimed water.
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               <span class="ital">Brackish water</span> shall mean water containing more than 1,000 parts per 1,000,000 of dissolved salts.
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               <span class="ital">Customer</span> shall mean any person using water for any purpose from the county's water distribution
               system and for which a regular charge is made.
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               <span class="ital">Emergency</span> shall mean that water supplies are below the level necessary to meet normal needs
               and that serious shortages exist in the area.
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               <span class="ital">Excess use</span> shall mean the usage of water by a water customer in excess of the water allotment
               provided under the water rationing provisions of this chapter for that customer, over
               any applicable period.
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               <span class="ital">Fresh water</span> shall mean water withdrawn from surface or groundwater which has not been previously
               used, other than brackish water.
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               <span class="ital">Mandatory conservation</span> shall mean that raw water supplies are consistently below seasonal averages, and
               if they continue to decline, may not be adequate to meet normal needs.
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               <span class="ital">Nonresidential customer</span> shall mean commercial, industrial, institutional, public and all other such users,
               with the exception of hospitals and health care facilities.
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               <span class="ital">Rationing</span> shall mean procedures established to provide for the equitable distribution of critically-limited
               water supplies, in order to balance demand and limited available supplies, and to
               assure that sufficient water is available to preserve public health and safety.
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               <span class="ital">Reclaimed water</span> shall mean wastewater which has been treated to allow reuse.
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               <span class="ital">Residential customer</span> shall mean any customer who receives water service for a single or multifamily dwelling
               unit. The term residential customer does not include educational or other institutions,
               hotels, motels, or similar commercial establishments.
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               <span class="ital">Service interruption</span> shall mean the temporary suspension of water supply, or reduction of pressure below
               that required for adequate supply, to any customer, portion of the system, or the
               entire system.
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               <span class="ital">Voluntary conservation</span> shall mean that conditions exist which indicate the potential for serious water supply
               shortages.
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               <span class="ital">Waste of water</span> includes, but is not limited to:
               
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                  (1)
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                  Permitting water to escape down a gutter, ditch, or other surface drain, or
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                  (2)
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                  Failure to repair a controllable leak of water due to defective plumbing.
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               <span class="ital">Wastewater</span> shall mean water previously used for industrial, municipal, county, domestic, or
               other purposes, and has not been returned to the surface or groundwater source.
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               <span class="ital">Water</span> shall mean water available to the Halifax County for treatment by virtue of its water
               rights or withdrawal permit or any treated water introduced by the county into its
               water distribution system, including water offered for sale.
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               <span class="ital">Water use classes</span> shall be established as follows:
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               <span class="ital">Class 1: Essential water uses.</span>
               
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                  (1)
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                  Domestic use: Water necessary to sustain human life and the lives of domestic pets,
                  and to maintain standards of hygiene and sanitation.
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                  (2)
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                  Health care facilities: Patient care and rehabilitation, including swimming pools
                  used for patient care and rehabilitation.
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                  (3)
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                  Public use:
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                  a.
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                  Fire hydrants.
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                  b.
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                  Firefighting.
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                  c.
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                  Certain testing and drills by the fire departments if performed in the interest of
                  public safety and if approved by the county board of commissioners.
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                  (4)
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                  Flushing of sewers and hydrants: As needed to ensure public health and safety if approved
                  by the county board of commissioners.
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               <span class="ital">Class 2: Socially or economically important uses of water.</span>
               
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                  (1)
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                  All domestic uses other than those included in classes 1 and 3:
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                  a.
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                  Home water use including kitchen, bathroom, and laundry use.
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                  b.
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                  Minimal watering of vegetable gardens.
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                  c.
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                  Watering trees where necessary to preserve them.
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                  (2)
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                  Commercial, agricultural, industrial, and institutional uses:
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                  a.
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                  Outdoor commercial watering (public or private) using conservation measures and to
                  the extent that sources of water other than fresh water are not available to use.
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                  b.
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                  Irrigation for commercial vegetable gardens and fruit orchards or the maintenance
                  of livestock.
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                  c.
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                  Watering by commercial nurseries at a minimum level necessary to maintain stock.
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                  d.
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                  Water use by arboretums and public gardens of national, state, or regional significance
                  where necessary to preserve specimens.
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                  e.
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                  Use of fresh water at a minimum rate necessary to implement vegetation following earth-moving,
                  where such revegetation is required by law or regulation.
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                  f.
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                  Watering of golf course greens.
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                  g.
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                  Filling and operation of swimming pools. Residential pools which serve more than 25
                  dwelling units, pools used by health care facilities for patient care and rehabilitation,
                  and municipal pools.
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                  h.
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                  Commercial car and truck washes.
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                  i.
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                  Commercial laundromats.
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                  j.
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                  Restaurants, clubs, and eating establishments.
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                  k.
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                  Air conditioning. Refilling for start-up at the beginning of the cooling season, make-up
                  of water during cooling season, refilling specifically approved by health officials
                  and the county board of commissioners, where the system has been drained for health
                  protection or repair purposes.
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                  l.
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                  Schools, churches, motels, hotels and similar commercial establishments.
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               <span class="ital">Class 3: Nonessential uses of water.</span>
               
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                  (1)
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                  Ornamental purposes: Fountains, reflecting pools, and artificial waterfalls.
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                  (2)
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                  Outdoor noncommercial watering (public or private).
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                  a.
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                  Gardens, lawns, parks, golf courses (except greens), playing fields and other recreational
                  areas.
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                  b.
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                  Filling and operation of recreational swimming pools which serve fewer than 25 dwellings.
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                  c.
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                  Noncommercial washing of motor vehicles.
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                  d.
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                  Serving water in restaurants, clubs, or eating places except by specific request.
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                  e.
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                  Refilling of air conditioning cooling towers after draining except as specified in
                  class 1.
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                  (3)
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                  Public use:
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                  a.
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                  Fire hydrants, any use including use of sprinkler caps and testing fire apparatus
                  and for fire department drills, except as listed in class 1.
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                  b.
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                  Flushing of sewers and hydrants except as listed in class 1.
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               (Ord. of 12-5-94, Â§ 2)
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