Gunnison news-champion., 1921-06-24
Az ORDINANCE

.#A- q lis Ey4- rE- FADL-A GApS OF
SUCH RULES AND REGULATIONS:
sNu RET EALING An ORDINANCE
E-STTTLEn CONCERNING DITCHEs- =
I.lssEp SEPTEMBER 1. issa. AND
All. OTHER ORDINANCES or
PARTS OF ORDINANCES IN CON
FLTCT HEREWITH
Es u ardaln-d b. the Board of
Trustee % the Town % Gunnison.
colorado
SECTION 1 That for TIE purposes
- this CTdIEaure the term water
usar" shall b. tai IN 20 include any
p.rsHn, f.m. -pGrtEsTship. associA-
ton, 0r operation owning and hav-
laE tItls o. lets or other parcels %
land within the co-poEate limits OF
the Town u GunnIsan. Colorado. or
having the possession sud use thereof
uEtsr lease or otherwise and divert
inE water from The town bitches for
domestic or irrigation purposes or
both. The term town ditshss" shall
be taken TO include the main ditch.
and all other ditches and latsraIs
owned and operated by the Town Of
Sunnlson as the surface water and
irrigation system % said town. and
the water herein referred to shall in
cluds ull tn" water delivered 20 said
bitches uudc- the dscrssd water rights
. % said town.
SIC Any water user may divert
water from the town bitches for do
NESTLE or irrigation purposes or both
subject {" the Limitations. regulations
and restrictions hereinafter contained
SIC J No water user after the
first day OF May. is.g. shall divert
water from the town ditchez for irrt-
eating more than i've lots Of ground
a lot being taken as twenty-five feet
by one hundred and twenty-five feet
In area or tract Of land equivalent
thereto in area without FIRST having
obtained permission from the Board Of
Trustees as hereinafter provided; and
u any water user shall apply water
diverted from the town bitches to
more than Ave lots OF ground without
such permission. IL shall be conclusive
ly presumed that he IL diverting and
using more water from the town
di,ehes than he l. entitled to receive
Any water user desiring to divert
water from the town bitches To irri-
gate more than the fiye lots Of ground
herein specified. shall on or before
the hrst day Of May. Is22 and on or
before the nrst day OF May OF each
year thereafter. file n written apiicA-
lon with the Town Clerk and Record
e. asking permission to irrigate from
the town bitches any additional land
said application shall give a descrlp-
tinn of the land which applicant
wishes to irrigats. the nature OF the
crop he expects to raise. and the
amount Of water he desires 10 divert
from the town bitches for use thereon.
The Board OF Trustees shall consider
all such applications hled with the
Town Clerk AT the regular meeting Of
said board in May Of each year. and
said board may grant or refuse any
application or approve the application
as to part OF the land described there
In and reject IL as to the remaining
parcels OF land. II any such appiica-
ton be granted. the applicant shall re-
ceiNe from the Board of Trustees a
written permit which shall contain a
description OF the land which may be
Irrigated under said permit: and there
upon, and before said applicant is
Permitted TO divert any water under
said permit. he shall pay to the Town
Treasurer two dollars for each lot or
tract Of land equivalent to twenty-five
feet By one hundred and twenty-five
feet in area. or fraction thereof. de-
scribed In said permit Any permi,
granted pursuant to this section shall
lapse on the FIRST day of May follow
Ing the date Of issuance. Said permi,
shall be accepted by the water user
subject to all the rules and regula-
tions contained In this ordinance, In
ciudtng the provisions of Section IL
and shall not entitie the water user
TO whom II is issued TO any rights OF
; privileges not enjoyed by any other
water user. save and except the righ.
to apply water diverted from the towr
bitches TO more than fye lots o.
ground as described herein.
SEC 4. No water user shall diver
water from the town bitches between
the hours OF $500 P. NJ and 500 A. N
OF each twenty-four hours. and ms
water user during said time shai
leave any flood gate. dam or other OBJ
struction in said bitches; provided
herein. any water user may obtain per.
mission from the Board OF Trustees Il
divert water during said time.
SEC s. Sections Three ca ant
Four 90 OF this ordinance shall no
apply to water users who take watel
from the town bitches at the poin
or places where the town water Il
discharged as waste water: provided
however. the diversion OF said vast;
water shall be subject to the contro
OF the Board OF Trustees and tn.
rules and regulations contained II
the other sections of this ordinance
and provided further that the poin
. or places where water is discharged
, a. waste water shall be designated
from time to time by the Board o.
Trustees.
SEC. 6. The water user in divertins
water from the town bitches shall di
vert the water from the ditch neares
Ito the lots or parcels of lant
! to be irrigated unless 1t Is i'm
possible to irrigate said lots from sale
nearest ditch: and the said wate
user shall conduct the water directl.
, to the lots or parcels Of land to be ir.
rigated and shall not construct ditchei
or other water conduits. for conductins