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*/ 2 3 -?- J Id I f'i | M EMERGENCY 01SIHAHC1 OHDIHAECE SO._____ M MSRGEHCY 0MIIM5S' TO PROHIBIT THE WASTE Of WATER; DEFXHIBS-HASTE OF WATER; HEGHIATIMJ THE W & THEREOF; AS© PROYIBIM5- PS»- ALTIES FOR THE VIOLATION OF THIS ORDINANCE, ABB H3PSALIHG AIL QRDIHANGSS HI CONFLICT THEREWITH* The Board of Commissioners of the City ©f Las Vegas do ordain as follows: fBKBKA3, the City of Las Vegas is threatened with a water shortage on account of the diminishing supply flowing fro® the artesian wells in said City and on account of the present waste thereof by the inhabitants of said City; and WHEREAS, the capacity of the sewer system of the City Is overtaxed by reason of water wasting into the sewers without being put to a full beneficial use; and 11IEHEAB, the Board of City Commlssioner s dee® it expedient and necessary for the protection of health , c<nfort, safety, life , welfare and property of the inhabitants of said City to regulate the us© of water therein and to prevent the waste thereof, BOW THEREFORE, Section I* Waste of water in the City of Las Vegas is here­by prohibited and declared unlawful. Section £. Any on© of the following acts shall const!tut# waste of.water., as the ter® is used in this ordinance; (a) Permitting a hydrant, tap, cock or valve connected with any ¥?ater system, belonging to any public utility, to leak 6nto the ground or into any sink, bowl, toilet or tub connected with a sewer or cesspool, or permitting water to drain fro® a per­sons premises into any street, alley or road,after the person per­mitting the same has been notified to remedy such leak.: or to pro- vent such draining by m y public officer, or an agent of any public utility, as hereinafter defined; fb); -Using water fro® any water system belonging to any public utility for - the purpose of cooling any refrigerate, refrig­erating machine, 1c© plant, lee machine, cooler, cooling plant, cooling svst«m, air conditioning machine or apparatus, sotorfwhSre said water,, after, being -soused, is. permi t etnegdi nteo ^o rl ow into a sewer or cesspool or onto the ground, provided, however, wthhearte ,t hea futse®r bofe iwnagt esro ufosre ds,u ciht ciso ocloilnlge cptuerdp,o srees- cios onloetd parnodh irbei-tuesde d, and is not permitted to flow into a sewer, cesspool, or onto the ground; fof permitting water from any water system f e f ^ anv nubile utility to flow fro® any hose, tap, valve, hydrant, pip© or^cock directly Into any sewer or cesspool for H H b 7; minutes or longer without first putting such water to a beneficial use, and