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<br />D <br />CITY ®~° EL~c RztrER <br />SEC°I°ION ~®6 ~T~R USE RESTRIC'TIOR~S <br />~-0~. QQ ~ G7ATER T~SE FZE,STRICTION <br />The Public Utility Corr~nission of the City of Elk River is hereby <br />authorized to invoke water use restrictions in cases o= emergency to <br />ensure adequate water supplies to meet the health, safety, and welfare <br />needs of the City of EIk River and its residents. Water use <br />restrictions shall be invoked by resolution of the Public Utility <br />Corrsrtission, and shall take effect immediately upon adoption of suckz <br />resolution, The Public Utility Commission may delegate its general <br />manager or water superintendent authority to impose temporary water use <br />restriction until the Commission can meet to consider a resolution. <br />The penalties unposed below in Section 406.01 may be invoked upon <br />publication of the resolution imposing restrictions iri the legal papers <br />4 1 = PENALTIES <br />The first violation of the restrictions contained in this ordinance <br />shall be subject the offending person, fire, corporation or association <br />to a written warning. A second violation of the restrictions shall be <br />a petty misdemeanor with a penalty of $50 and shall increase to the sum <br />of One Hundred Dollars ($100) for the third violation. A fourth <br />~iolat%on shall result in a water shut-off with the reconnection fee to <br />~e paid by the offending property owner according to the policies of <br />the Public Utilities Commission. No penalty can be imposed unless a <br />person had, or should have had, prior knowledge of the ordinance <br />restrictions. This may be shown by the fact that prior warning was <br />delivered to the person or to an occupant of the premises to be <br />assessed. <br />4Q~~Q 2 = ENFORCEMErJT <br />This Ordinance shall be enforced by the Police Chief, the Fire Chief, <br />and their authorized designees, in accordance with City Ordinances. <br />