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Timestamp: 2019-04-23 11:57:12+00:00

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§ 389-1 Declaration of water emergency.
§ 389-2 Water use restrictions.
§ 389-3 Duration of water use restrictions.
§ 389-4 Enforcement of water use restrictions.
§ 389-6 Violations and penalties.
Sewer and water utility — See Ch. 85.
Water supply systems — See Ch. 396.
The Township Committee is otherwise satisfied that a water emergency exists in the Township of Upper Deerfield.
Any other water use restriction specified by the Township Committee in the resolution required by § 389-1 of this chapter which is reasonable under the circumstances considering the nature and extent of the water emergency. Any water restriction imposed pursuant to this section shall be limited in application to that portion of the Township, which may include the entire Township, identified as being affected by the water emergency in the resolution of the Township Committee adopted in accordance with § 389-1 of this chapter.
The resolution of the Township Committee required in § 389-1 of this chapter shall, in addition to complying with § 389-1, provide a period of time during which the water use restrictions imposed shall be applicable and which shall be no longer than reasonably necessary to abate the water emergency under the circumstances considering the nature and extent of the water emergency. At the expiration of the time period specified in the resolution, the water use restrictions shall lapse and be inapplicable and unenforceable. If the Township Committee shall be satisfied that the water emergency has been abated prior to the expiration of the time period specified in the resolution, it shall adopt a resolution declaring the water emergency ended and the water use restrictions inapplicable. If, at the expiration of the time period specified in the resolution, the Township Committee shall be satisfied that the water emergency continues to exist, it may adopt a resolution in accordance with the requirements of this chapter continuing the water use restrictions.
The water use restrictions imposed pursuant to this chapter shall be enforced during a water emergency by the Upper Deerfield Township Construction Code Officials, Zoning Officer, Housing Officer, the Upper Deerfield Township Water and Sewer Utility Superintendent or other duly appointed officers of the Township of Upper Deerfield. Whenever an officer empowered herein to enforce water use restrictions shall find a violation of the water use restrictions, such officer shall give the violator a warning and explain the penalties for a second and third offense as provided by § 389-6 of this chapter. The Township Water and Sewer Utility and any private water company shall keep records as may be reasonable and necessary for the purpose of determining the persons and businesses who or which have been warned upon a first offense. All officers named in this section or other duly appointed officers as provided herein are hereby empowered to write summonses for the violation of the water use restrictions imposed pursuant to this chapter.
The provisions of this chapter shall not be applicable to agricultural use in the Township of Upper Deerfield or to any property not being served by a public or semipublic water service.
After a first offense in accordance with § 389-4 of this chapter, any person or business who or which thereafter violates the water use restriction imposed pursuant to this chapter shall be fined or imprisoned in accordance with this section. For a second offense, the fine imposed shall be $500 or imprisonment for 10 days, or both. For a third and subsequent offense, the fine imposed shall be $1,000 or imprisonment for 30 days, or both.

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