752-00 Amend 749-00 and Repeal 750-00

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>t..�,I: r;' h ,. .; if.,ql:• 1r. n'ta P: 1 • t .4'.'1 11-4 G.'., {-)6 7.1 vi (?oe) 16 •;%1('.'. . , 4; i ORDINANCE NO.: 7 5 2-0 0 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ZEPHYRHILLS, FLORIDA, AMENDING EMERGENCY ORDINANCE NUMBER 749-00, BY CURTAILING NON- ESSENTIAL USES OF WATER; PROVIDING FOR ENFORCEMENT AND PENALTIES; REPEALING EMERGENCY ORDINANCE NO.: 750-00; PROVIDING FOR AN EMERGENCY; 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 WHEREAS,the City Council of the City of Zephyrhills at its regularly scheduled meeting on March 27, 2000 adopted emergency water restriction Ordinance Number 749-00; and WHEREAS,the City Council of the City of Zephyrhills at its regularly scheduled meeting on May 8, 2000 adopted emergency water restriction Ordinance Number 750-00, which amended emergency Ordinance Number 749.00; and WHEREAS, the Southwest Florida Water Management District issued Executive Director Order No.: SWF00-18 on April 26, 2000 limiting lawn and landscape irrigation to one day per week according to addresses; and WHEREAS, the City of Zephyrhills' Utility Department provides water for residential, industrial and commercial use including irrigation of lawns and landscaping, and must maintain minimum pressure levels to protect the health, safety and welfare of its customers; and Record and Return to: City Clerk's-Office 5335 8th Street Zephyrhills, FL 33540 - ;: