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Home My WebLink AboutORDINANCE - 1095 - 9/14/1976 - SPRINKLING REGULATIONS REVISEDORDINANCE NO. 1095 AN ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING: WATER SPRINKLING RESTRICTIONS IN THE VILLAGE OF ELK GROVE VILLAGE AMENDING SECTIONS 22A.701 AND 22A.702 OF THE MUNICIPAL CODE OF THE VILLAGE OF ELK GROVE VILLAGE. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by the President and Board of Trustees of the Village of Elk Grove Village, Cook and DuPage Counties, Illinois: Section 1. That Sections 22A.701 and 22A.702 of the Municipal Code of the Village of Elk Grove Village be and is hereby amended to read as follows: "22A.701 amended Water Sprinkling Restrictions. All persons who reside or occupy premises in the Village shall not sprinkle lawns or shrubbery with water distributed by the Village except as follows: 1. Upon application to the Department of Public Works property owners may obtain a special permit to sprinkle new lawns for a five (5) day period not to exceed five (5) hours per day. 2. On Saturdays between the hours of 11:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. 22A.702 amended Penalty. Any person, firm or corporation who sprinkles water or consents to the sprinkling of water on lawns or shrubbery other than as provided for above shall be fined not less than $10.00 nor more than $200.00. A separate offense shall be deemed committed on each day during, or on which a violation occurs or continues. Any person, firm or corporation who shall persist in violating the provisions of this ordinance after a warning shall be subject to having his or its water service terminated for a period not to exceed twenty-four (24) hours." Section 2. This ordinance shall have effect and become immediately effective as an emergency measure. Section 3. This ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after its passage, approval and publication according to law as above provided. PASSED this 14th day of September 1976. APPROVED this 14th day of September 1976. Charles J_ Zettek Village President ATTEST: Eleanor G. Turner Village Clerk Published this 22nd day of September, 1976 in the Elk Grove Herald.