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BY-LAW No. 1665
{v) Not more than one hose shall be in use outdoors on any
A By-Law to amend the "City of Port Coquitlam Water Works
one premise at any one tine and the diameter of such hose
Regulation By-Law, 1970, Na. 991",
shall not exceed one-half (1/2") inch but this provision
The Municipal Couneil of The Corporation of the City of Pore
shall not apply to any premises upon which are located
Coquitlam, in open veeting assembled, enacts as follows;
gardens, lawns, or other forms of landscaping extending
lL. Section 1l of the "City of Port Coquitlam Water Works Regulation
over 8,000 square feet in area.
By-Law 1970 No. 991" is repealed and the follewing substituted:
(b) Where an employee of the Engineering Departeent or
"11. Applications for che turning on or cif of the water
one of the City’s By-Law Enforcement Officers observes the sprinkling
service to any premises shall be made in writing
of lawns or gardens or other outdoor use of water taking place upon
to the City Clerk accompanied by a fee of Twelve
Preniscs upon which such sprinkling or outdoor use of vater {8 not
Dollars and Fifty Cents 612.50)."
permitted under the provisions of this section be shall immediately
2. The By-Law is further amended by repealing section 26
contact some adult person upon the said premises and advise that a
and substituting the following therefore:
violation of this section 1s occurring and he shall then turn off or
*26. (a) During the period of rime extending from
disconnect the water supply by shutting the stopcock at the property
May Ust to Seprember 30th, inclusive, in each year the
line, or by detaching at the main, and such service shall not be restored
sprinkling of lawns and gardens and all other forms of
until an application pursuant to the provisions of Section II of this
outdoor use of water is restricted and regulated in accord
By-law is made accompanied by a fee of Twenty-five ($25.00) Dollars.
with the following schedule:
(c) Where, in the opinion of a person authorized to enforce
(1) Premises that are designated with an even
the terms of this Section, undue or unreasonable hardship will result
number under the City's street nuobering systen may
if the vater is turned off to any particular presise as provided in
sprinkle lawns and gardens and use water outdoors on
clause (b) of this section such person shall, after being satisfied
even numbered calendar days only.
that the unlawful sprinkling of lawns and gardens or other outdoor use
(11) Premises that are designated vith an edd number
of water has been terminated, refrain from turing off the water supply
under the City’s street nuobering systen may sprinkle
and shall, instead, proceed under the provisions of Section 30 of this
lawns and gardens and use water outdoors on odd
By-law.
numbered calendar days only.
(4) Any adule person residing upon any premise upon which
(444) Notwithstanding the provisions of subclauses (1)
a violation of this Section has occurred shall be deemed to be the
and (ii) of this clause all premises in the City may
person committing the offence but where no such person resides upon
sprinkle lawns and gardens and use water outdoors on
such prenlucs the owner thereof uhall be deemed to have comairted the
Auguse Ist and September Ist.
offence.”
(iv) Notuithsranding, the provistons of subel! es (i)
3. This By~law may be cited for all purposes as the "City of Port
and (11) of this clause the City Engineer, of his
Coquitlam Water Works Regulation By-law, 1970, No. 991, Amendment By-law
delegate, may issue permits to the owers or tenants of
1979, No. 1665".
premises with newly planted tawns to permit che sprinkling

of such lawns on days when the said owers or tenants
would, ia accord with the restrictions stated above

not be permitted to sprinkle.