<div class="chunk-title">Sec. 64-11. - Sameâ€”Enforcement.</div>
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               (a)
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               The county will have primary responsibility for monitoring of compliance with the
               water rationing resolution.
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               (b)
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               The following provisions shall govern the implementations of temporary service interruptions:
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               (1)
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               In order to effectuate compliance with this chapter, the county is hereby authorized
               and required to plan and implement temporary service interruptions to all or part
               of its water distribution system, as may be deemed appropriate, when any and/or all
               of the following conditions are determined to exist:
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               a.
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               The mandated reduction in system-wide usage has not been achieved, and/or
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               b.
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               The mandated reduction in system-wide water usage has been achieved, but has failed
               to have a significant impact in extending limited water supplies, and/or
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               c.
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               Temporary service interruptions are necessary in order to further extend limited and/or
               dwindling water supplies.
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               (2)
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               In the event it is determined that temporary service interruptions are necessary,
               the county shall notify its customers through the public media (newspapers, radio,
               and television), at least one day prior to the temporary service interruption, that
               a planned temporary service interruption is to be imposed. Such notice shall:
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               a.
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               State the day or days when the planned, temporary service interruption will occur;
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               b.
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               State the time(s) when such planned, temporary service interruptions will commence,
               and the time(s) such interruption will cease;
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               c.
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               State whether the planned, temporary service interruptions are to be imposed on the
               entire system, or part thereof, and if only part(s) of the system will experience
               planned, temporary service interruption, identify geographic boundaries within which
               such interruptions will occur; and
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               d.
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               Advise all customers within the areas affected by planned, temporary service interruptions
               how to treat any water received from the system, for human consumption, during the
               period(s) of such interruptions and for such additional time as may be necessary until
               full pressure is restored to the system.
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               (3)
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               If a planned, temporary service interruption is imposed as authorized and required
               by this chapter, the county must provide for the continued delivery of water to health
               care facilities within the area(s) affected by such interruptions, by means of any
               adequate, alternative delivery measures that may be necessary.
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               (4)
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               If a planned, temporary service interruption is implemented, the county must make
               provision, by any means possible, for the continued delivery of such water as may
               be necessary for the proper operation of sewage collection, treatment, and disposal
               systems and facilities.
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               (c)
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               Any residential or nonresidential water customer who exceeds the allotments established
               pursuant to this water rationing will be subject to the following excess-use civil
               penalties.
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               (1)
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               Excess-use civil penalties will be collected based on the amount by which a customer's
               use exceeds the water allotments established pursuant to the local water rationing
               declaration, computed in accordance with the following schedule:
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                              Excess usage per month
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                              Civil penalty for excess
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                              First 2,000 gallons or portion thereof
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                              $10.00 per 1,000 gallons or portion thereof
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                              Each 1,000 gallons, or portion thereof, thereafter
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                              $20.00
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               (2)
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               Any monies collected through excess-use civil penalties shall not be accounted for
               as income, but shall be placed in a reserve account that is dedicated to addressing
               water shortage problems and water conservation initiatives.
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               (d)
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               In addition to the excess-use civil penalty, noncompliance with the water rationing
               provisions of this chapter will result in the following:
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               (1)
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               For the first excess use, a warning of possible discontinuation shall be issued to
               the customer.
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               (2)
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               For the second or subsequent excess use, service to the customer may be interrupted
               or shut off for a period not to exceed 48 hours, or, if the customer provides access,
               a flow restrictor may be installed in the customer's service line for the duration
               of the emergency. The cost incurred to interrupt or shut off and reinstate service,
               or to install and remove a flow restrictor, shall be assessed to the water customer.
               Before service to an individual may be terminated under this provision, actual notice
               of the intent to discontinue shall be given, which shall include notice that the customer
               may appear at a designated time and place (within 24 hours) for an informal hearing
               to show why service should not be discontinued.
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               (e)
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               Meter reading schedules are authorized to be altered to assure adequate monitoring
               of compliance with this chapter.
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               (f)
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               Any customer or other person aggrieved by a decision or action imposing an excess-use
               civil penalty or other remedy for noncompliance with the requirements of this chapter
               may proceed in accordance with the following provisions: The county shall adopt procedures
               which provide an opportunity for the customer or aggrieved party to rebut the finding
               of a violation, or provide evidence of circumstances beyond the customer's control
               which resulted in the violation. A record of evidence regarding disputed violations
               shall be kept, and a written notice of the countys' final decision and action in such
               cases shall be provided to the customer or aggrieved party.
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               (Ord. of 12-5-94, Â§ 6e)
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