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 New Hope
 Code of Ordinances
 Chapter 5. WATER, SEWER AND DRAINS

  § 5-8. Water sprinkling ban.  

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  • (a)

    Purpose. The city council has determined that in certain drought conditions it may become necessary for the protection of the health, welfare and safety of the citizens of New Hope to conserve the water supply of the city by imposing a water sprinkling ban on all residential, commercial and industrial lawn and garden vegetation. Also, New Hope's contract with the City of Minneapolis for the purchase of water requires the imposition of a water sprinkling ban at the direction of the City of Minneapolis. The purpose of this section is to set forth the nature and extent of the regulations controlling any sprinkling ban imposed by the council.

    (b)

    Resolution imposing ban. All water sprinkling bans shall be imposed by adoption of a resolution at any regular or special meeting of the New Hope City Council. The resolution shall set forth the duration of the ban, whether the ban shall be partial or absolute, if a partial ban, whether it shall apply to lawns and boulevards only or also to gardens, new sod and/or new tree saplings, the days or schedule when sprinkling will be permitted under a partial ban, and any other regulations that the city council deems reasonable and appropriate. Said ban shall become effective immediately upon the adoption of said resolution.

    (c)

    Notice of ban. The resolution imposing the sprinkling ban shall be published once in the official newspaper of the city, and conspicuously posted in four places throughout the city. Any deficiencies in this notice requirement shall not invalidate the ban.

    (d)

    Enforcement. A violation of this section shall be a petty misdemeanor. However, a first offense shall not result in the issuance of a ticket. The owner, any occupant of legal age or party responsible for the water billing shall be first issued a warning ticket upon the first violation of the water sprinkling ban. A warning letter mailed by regular mail, attached to an e-mail or delivered personally to the occupant of the property or the individual responsible for the water billing at the violating property shall satisfy the warning notice requirement of this section. Each act of violation and each day a violation occurs or continues constitutes a separate offense.

(Ord. No. 88-13; Ord. No. 15-13, § 1, 12-14-2015)