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brs 2128122 and quality of the City's water supply, until the emergency passes or the City takes other action. Sec. 39-98. — Procedures and Protocols for Communication. Upon declaration of a Water Shortage, the City will inform all relevant stakeholders, such as Customers, the public, interested parties, and local, regional, and state governments, of the effective date of the water shortage response actions associated with the relevant level according to the communication procedures identified in the City's WSCP, including: (a) Any current or predicted shortages as determined by the annual water supply and demand assessment. (b) Any shortage response actions triggered or anticipated to be triggered by the annual water supply and demand assessment. (c) Any other relevant communications. Sec. 39-99. —Permanent Water Conservation Requirements —Prohibition Against Water Waste. The following water conservation requirements are effective at all times and are permanent. Violations of this section will be considered waste and an unreasonable use of water. Noncompliance with restrictions on water waste shall be subject to an administrative citation. (a) Watering of a lawn, landscape or other vegetated area between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. is prohibited. Hand-held water cans, buckets, or similar containers reasonably used to convey water for irrigation purposes are not subject to these time restrictions. Similarly, a hand-held hose equipped with a fully functioning, positive self -closing water shut-off nozzle, may be used during the otherwise restricted period. If necessary, and for very short periods of time, for the express purpose of adjusting or repairing a landscape irrigation system, one may operate a landscape irrigation system during the otherwise restricted period. (b) Washing down sidewalks, walkways, driveways, parking areas, or other hard or paved surfaces is prohibited, except to alleviate safety or sanitary hazards using a handheld container, hose with an automatic shut-off device, or a low -volume high- pressure cleaning machine that recycles used water. (c) Watering or irrigating of any lawn, landscape or other vegetated area in a manner that causes or allows excessive water flow or runoff from the property onto an adjoining sidewalk, driveway, street, alley, gutter or ditch is prohibited. (d) The use of water to irrigate outdoor landscapes during or within forty-eight (48) hours after measurable rainfall is prohibited. Ordinance No. NS-3016 Page 7 of 17