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. - I~ <br />2. Irrigation of lawns, gardens, trees, or shrubs with OWASA-supplied potable water <br />that is sprayed through the air via any system or device other than ahand-held hose or <br />watering can shall occur only after dusk or during pre-dawn hours. <br />3. No OWASA-supplied potable water shall be used on sidewalks, driveways, patios, <br />cars, buildings, or other impervious surfaces of a similar nature. <br />4. No OWASA-supplied potable water shall be servecrin public restaurants except on <br />request. <br />5. Institutional customers, including the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill <br />(LTNC), shall: <br />a) Cease the use of OWASA-supplied potable water for outdoor purposes, except as <br />provided in items 1 and 2 above. UNC shall develop athree-day irrigation <br />schedule for campus facilities in consultation with OWASA. <br />b) Curtail the use of OWASA-supplied potable water for the cleaning of facilities <br />such as window air conditioning units, chilled water coils, closed loop heating <br />systems, and government-owned vehicles. <br />c) Reduce the heating/cooling load demand from lower priority facilities to the <br />extent allowable with regard to indoor air quality standards and employee health <br />and safety requirements. <br />Section VI. Ntandatorv Conservation During Stase II Water Shortage <br />In the event that the Chair issues any such proclamation of Stage II Water Shortage <br />described in Section III.2, then and in that event, it shall be unlawful for any person, firm, <br />or corporation to use or permit the use of potable water from the water system within <br />Orange County supplied through the facilities of OWASA for any of the purposes <br />hereinafter set forth until such time as this Ordinance is amended or repealed, or until the <br />Chair, by public proclamation, has declared certain provisions no longer in effect. <br />1. All the mandatory provisions of a Stage I Water Shortage, as described in Section V, <br />shall remain in effect, except that the irrigation of lawns, gardens, trees, or shrubs <br />with OWASA-supplied potable water applied through any system or device other <br />than ahand-held hose or watering can shall be allowed only one day out of each <br />week. Unless otherwise recommended by the OWASA Executive Director, <br />properties with odd-numbered street addresses shall be allowed to irrigate only on <br />Mondays; and properties with even-numbered addresses shall be allowed to irrigate <br />only on Thursdays. No more than one-half inch of water (as measured in a shallow <br />container, such as an empty tuna fish can) should be applied during any given week. <br />UNC shall develop a one day a week irrigation schedule for campus facilities in <br />consultation with OWASA. The restrictions of this section shall not apply to any <br />4 <br />