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ORDINANCE NO.: 749-00
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF
THE CITY OF ZEPHYRHILLS, FLORIDA,
PROVIDING FOR EXTREME EMERGENCY
MEASURES IN CURTAILING NON ESSENTIAL
USES" OF WATER, INCLUDING BUT NOT
LIMITED TO, LAWN AND LANDSCAPING
IRRIGATION AND WASHING OF VEHICLES;
PROVIDING FOR ENFORCEMENT AND
PENALTIES; PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY;
AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, the City of Zephyrhills is responsible to protect the public health, safety, and
general welfare, and to minimize public and private losses due to the harmful effects of water
shortages within the city limits of the City of Zephyrhills; and
WHEREAS, due to the long term lack of significant rainfall, the level of water storage and
ground water supplying the City and surrounding areas has become seriously low; and
WHEREAS,the existence of water shortage conditions make it imperative and necessary that
certain non essential uses of water be restricted or curtailed, and that available water sources be
conserved in order to protect the health, safety and general welfare of the citizens of the City of
Zephyrhills; and
WHEREAS,the City Council of the City of Zephyrhills finds that an extreme water shortage
exists, that it is in the best interest of all users of water to curtail their use of the present water
resources, and that failure to curtail use of the present water resources presents a serious threat to
the public health, safety or welfare; and
NOW THEREFORE BE IT ORDAINED by the City Council of the City of Zephyrhills,
Florida, sitting in regular meeting that: •
SECTION 1: The recital clauses set forth above are hereby adopted and incorporated
herein by reference.
1. Based upon the extreme emergency conditions, the following provisions shall be
observed, followed and enforced within the city limits of the City of Zephyrhills.
The following restrictions shall apply to all watering of lawns and landscaping found within
the boundaries of the city limits of the City of Zephyrhills:
A. Irrigation or established lawns and landscaping shall be permitted one(1)day per week
as follows:
i. At even numbered addresses, or addresses ending with the letters A through M, only
on Tuesdays;
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ii. At odd numbered addresses, or addresses ending with the letter N through Z, only on
Sundays:
iii. Irrigation is prohibited between the hours of 9:00 a.m., through 5:00 p.m., on
permitted days and is prohibited at all times on Mondays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays
and Saturdays.
iv. The use of treated reclaimed water for irrigation shall not be restricted.
v. Irrigation for the purposes of watering in of insecticides, fungicides, herbicides where
such watering is required by the manufacturers or by federal, state or local law, shall not be
restricted;however, such watering shall be limited to the minimum necessary, and shall only
be accomplished during the hours allowed above.
vi. Low volume hand watering of trees, shrubs, flowers and vegetable gardens shall not
be restricted; however, such low volume hand watering shall be limited to the minimum
necessary. hand watering of lawns shall only be accomplished during the day and hours
allowed above.
vii. New lawns and landscaping are exempt from day of the week restrictions for the first
thirty (30) days after installation; however, such watering shall be limited to.the minimum
necescary, nd shall be only accoMplished bei4xeen thehours of p. 9:00 a:m., and
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is limited to only new lawns and plants.
viii. The washing of automobiles, trucks, trailers, mobile homes, campers, boats, or any
other type of motor vehicle or equipment, except at a business enterprise established for such
purpose or to preserve public health, shall be prohibited.
ix. Hosing down of porches, sidewalks, driveways and other hard surfaces, except for
health and safety reasons, is prohibited.
2. The rules, regulations, and orders promulgated from time to time by the County which
are more stringent than the provisions of this Ordinance are hereby adopted by reference and made
parts hereof and shall be subject to the same enforcement and penalty provisions of this Ordinance.
SECTION 2: Any law enforcement officer and any City personnel designated by the
City Manager, or his designee,which have received training in the issuance of citations or notices of
violation, shall be authorized to enforce the restrictions set forth in this Ordinance. Such personnel
shall be known as "Code Enforcement Officers". Any person who violates the provisions of this
Ordinance shall first receive a warning and thereafter receive a citation in writing. A violation of this
Ordinance for which a citation is issued shall be punishable by a fine for the first offense in the amount
of$35.00 and for repeat offenses in an amount not exceeding $500.00.
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SECTION 3: The City Council of the City of Zephyrhills hereby declares that an
emergency exists and thereby in the interest of the public health, safety and welfare of the citizens of
the City of Zephyrhills that the Ordinance is necessary pursuant to the Emergency Enactment
Procedures set forth in Section 125.66(3), Florida Statutes.
SECTION 4: All ordinances or resolutions or parts thereof in conflict herewith are
hereby suspended during the effective period of this Ordinance.
SECTION 5: It is declared to be the intent of the City Council of the City of
Zephyrhills, that if any section, subsection, sentence, clause, or provision of this Ordinance shall be
declared invalid, the remainder of this Ordinance shall be construed as not having contained said
section, subsection, sentence, clause, or provisions and shall not be affected by such holding.
SECTION 6: This Ordinance shall become effective immediately upon its passage.
The foregoing Ordinance No. `i tfei-oo was read and passed on its first reading by the City
Council of the City of Zephyrhills, Florida, on this o'-14- day of 1/4-0-1--14, , A.D., 2000.
ELIZAB H A. GEIGER
` President of City Council
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Ci Cle:k,Linda D:
MES A. BAIL Y,Mayor