O-313-9-80ORDINANCE NO. 313
AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR OUTSIDE WATERING AND LANDSCAPE
IRRIGATION; DECLARING AN EMERGENCY; PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE
DATE; PROVIDING A PENALTY FOR THE VIOLATION HEREOF; PROVIDING
FOR SEVERABILITY AND PUBLICATION OF THE CAPTION HEREOF
WHEREAS, extreme weather conditions have generated unprecendented
demands on area watering storage capabilities; and
WHEREAS, the North Texas Municipal Water District has instituted a
(150) curtailment on water availability; and
WHEREAS, it is the intention of the City Council of the City of Allen
to allow the use of outside sprinkler and irrigation systems
to the extent that those outside uses do not cause a depletion
of reserves to the extent that it jeopardises the City's
ability to provide fire fighting capabilities and to respond
to other emergencies as they may arise. -
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ALLEN,
TEXAS:
Section 1. That outside watering and landscape irrigation shall be
prohibited between the hours of 12:00 Midnight and 8:00 p.m.
each day with said time of usage prohibition to be enforced
by the City Manager or employees so assigned.
Section 2. Ordinance #312 restricting outside watering and irrigation
during certain hours is hereby fully repealed.
Section 3. That the public interest in maintaining adequate water
storage for fire protection necessitate that an emergency
be declared and that the Ordinance shall become effective
immediately upon passage.
Section 4. That the penalty for violation of this Ordinance shall
be not greater than $200 per occurance.
Section 5. If any section, sub -section, sentence, clause, or other
portion of this Ordinance is found to be invalid by any
competent regulatory agency, the remaining portions of
this Ordinance are declared to be severable and shall
remain in full force and effect.
Section 6. The caption of this Ordinance shall be published two
times in a weekly newspaper published in the City of Allen,
Texas, and shall be effective immediately upon its passage.
PASSED AND APPROVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ALLEN, TEXAS,
ON THIS THE 13th DAY OF September, 1980.
Sign d:
M. Pierson, Mayor
ga
est:
nelle Dalsing, City ecretary
To be published in the Allen American, two times, September 18,
and September 22, 1980.
AFFIDAVIT AND PROOF OF PUBLICATION
THE STATE OF TEXAS
COUNTY OF COLLIN
BEFORE ME, the undersigned authority, on this day personally appeared BUDDY W. CAMPER, who having been
by me duly sworn, on oath deposes and says:
That he is publisher of THE ALLEN AMERICAN, a newspaper published in Collin County, Texas, not less fre-
quently than once a week, having a general circulation in said county, and having been published regularly and con-
tinuously for more than twelve months prior to publishing
of which the attached is a true and written copy, and which was publisJ,ied in THE ALLEN AMERICAN on
and which was issued on --
of Collin County, Texas. A
O; , yra by
copy of said publication is
SUBSCRIBED AND SWORN to before me this / day
Notary
Publisher's Fee $ 1510
3o LP 4"", 0 f 4
hereto.
A.D. 19� .
in and fql Collin County, Texas
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ORDO.313
1N ORDINANCE PRO
FIDING FOR OUTSIDE
WATERING AND LAND
CAPE IRRIGATION'.
1ECLARING AN
MERGENCY; PROVIDING
OR AN EFFECTIVE DATE;
ROVIDING A PENALTY
OR THE VIOLATION
EREOF; PROVIDING FOR
EVERABILITY AND
UBLICATION OF THE
APTION HEREOF.
PASSED AND APPROV•
ED BY THE CITY COUNCIL
OF THE CITY OF ALLEN,
TEXAS, ON THIS THE 13th
DAY OF SEPTEMBER, 1980.1
-s-M.B. Pierson,
Mayor
Juanelle Dalsing,
City Secretary
Iished In the Allen
rlcan, two times, Thurs.
September 18 and Mon.
September 22,19M).
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ORDINANCE NO.313� .I
AN ORDINANCE PRO
-1
FOR OUTSIDE
WATERING AND LAND -1
,SCAPE IRRIGATION;;
DECLARING AN
EMERGENCY; PROVIDING
FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE;.
PROVIDING A PENALTY{
FOR THE VIOLATION
HEREOF; PROVIDING FORS
SEVERABILITY AND,
PUBLICATION OF THEj
(CAPTION HEREOF.
PASSED AND APPROV-�
ED BY THE CITY COUNCIL
OF THE CITY OF ALLEN,
TEXAS, ON THIS THE 13th'
DAY OF SEPTEMBER, 1980.
1
-s-M.B. Pierson„
Mayor,
'Attest: I
Uuanelle Dalsing, l
City Secretary
(Published In the Allen,
(American, two times, Thurs.;
day, September 18 and Mon -
"day, September 22, i980). I