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5. No OWASA - supplied potable water may be used for the routine cleaning or washing of <br />paved areas, such as sidewalks, decks, driveways, roadways, or parking lots. This <br />restriction shall not apply to the pressure cleaning of exterior building surfaces. <br />V. C. Stage Two (2) Water Shortage <br />In the event that OWASA declares a Stage Two (2) Water Shortage, OWASA shall advise the <br />Mayors of Carrboro and Chapel Hill and the Chair of the Orange County Board of <br />Commissioners of its declaration and shall request that they issue Proclamations of Water <br />Supply Shortage, if not already issued. Under these circumstances, the Chair of the Orange <br />County Board of Commissioners is authorized to issue a proclamation invoking the provisions <br />of this Ordinance applicable to a Stage Two (2) Water Shortage. Upon the issuance of such a <br />proclamation by the Chair of the Orange County Board of Commissioners, the following <br />actions shall be taken with the goal of reducing overall water demand by fifteen (15) percent: <br />1. Water use by individually metered residential customer accounts and by individually <br />metered irrigation -only accounts shall be limited to no more than an average of 800 <br />gallons per day during any monthly billing cycle beginning after the declaration of a <br />Water Supply Shortage or Water Supply Emergency and ending while such restrictions <br />are still in effect. <br />2. Spray irrigation with OWASA - supplied potable water shall not be permitted, except by <br />persons regularly engaged in the sale of plants, who shall be allowed to irrigate their <br />commercial stock in trade. <br />3. Irrigation by underground, drip irrigation, micro spray, low precipitation bubblers, <br />soaker hose systems with automatic shutoffs, or by hand held hoses or watering cans <br />shall be limited to a maximum of one -half inch of water applied to plant material in any <br />given week. <br />4. No OWASA- supplied potable water shall be used to re -fill ornamental fountains, ponds, <br />and like devices. <br />5. No OWASA - supplied potable water shall be used for washing vehicles, except at <br />commercial or institutional car washes in which at least 50 percent of the water has <br />been recycled <br />6. No OWASA - supplied potable water shall be used for filling or re- filling empty <br />swimming pools. OWASA - supplied potable water may be used to top off operating <br />swimming pools. <br />7. No OWASA - supplied potable water shall be used for the routine cleaning or washing of <br />exterior building surfaces, decks, or paved areas, such as sidewalks, driveways, <br />roadways, and parking lots. This restriction shall not apply to the pressure cleaning of <br />10 <br />