Item 5F
Item 5F
Ordinance 895, 1st Reading
Approve Water Conservation Ordinance per contractual agreement with the City of Fort Worth
Water Conservation Ordinance
May 15, 2006 - Ft. Worth water department notifies Southlake of passage of new water conservation ordinance .
Per wholesale water contract, all customer cities must adopt and implement water conservation ordinance.
Water Conservation Ordinance Key Elements
Outdoor watering prohibition - 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. - June 1 to September 30.
exception - hand held hose or soaker hose
New non-residential irrigation systems installed past effective date must include rain and freeze sensors.
Non-residential irrigation systems - rain and freeze sensors inspection required annually.
June 1, 2007
Existing non-residential irrigation systems - must include rain and freeze sensors.
New residential irrigation systems installed - must include rain and freeze sensors
Water Conservation Ordinance Other Prohibitions
Watering impervious areas such that a constant stream overflows from landscape to roadway or drainage way
Allowing an irrigation system to operate during precipitation
Operating and irrigation system with a broken or missing head
Water Conservation Ordinance
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