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ORDINANCE NO. ~Lo$"
AN ORDINANCE RELATING TO IRRIGATION SYSTEMS, PROVIDING A PENALTY,
AND AMENDING AMC SECTION 15.16.170.
Annotated to show dolotions and additions to the code sections being modified.
Deletions are bold . and additions are bold underlined.
WHEREAS, the City wishes to specify a penalty for a violation of AMC section
15.16.170 because of the importance of maintaining the integrity of the City's water; and
WHEREAS, the ordinance needs to be updated to be consistent with state law;
THE PEOPLE OF THE CITY OF ASHLAND DO ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Section 15.16.170 [Landscape sprinklers - Cross connections] is hereby
amended to read as follows:
15.16.170 LalJ:n sprinklers Irriaation System - Cross connections
A. La'Jln sprinklers Irriaation System. When a la':Jn sprinkling an irriaation system
is connected to a domestic GF-water supply there shall be a valve placed so it will shut
off the entire sprinkler irriaation system and a double check valve assembly shall
be \.~acuum breaker placed between this valve and the discharge side of the line.
B. Cross Connections. No cross connection as between the City water system and such
other sources of water supply as Talent Irrigation District, private wells or springs, shall
be allowed.
C. Penalty. A violation of this section shall be punishable by a fine of $500 upon
conviction.
SECTION 2. Severability. The sections, subsections, paragraphs and clauses of this
ordinance are severable. The invalidity of one section, subsection, paragraph, or clause
shall not affect the validity of the remaining sections, subsections, paragraphs and
clauses. '
SECTION 3. Savinas. Notwithstanding this amendment/repeal, the City ordinances in
existence at the time any criminal or civil enforcement actions were commenced, shall
remain valid and in full force and effect for purposes of all cases filed or commenced
during the times said ordinance(s) or portions thereof were operative. This section
simply clarifies the existing situation that nothing in this Ordinance affects the validity of
prosecutions commenced and continued under the laws in effect at the time the matters
were originally filed.
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SECTION 4. Codification. Provisions of this Ordinance shall be incorporated in the City
Code and the word "ordinance" may be changed to "code", "article", "section", "chapter"
or another word, and the sections of this Ordinance may be renumbered, or re-Iettered,
provided however that any Whereas clauses and boilerplate provisions (Le. Sections 2-
4) need not be codified and the City Recorder is authorized to correct any cross-
references and any typographical errors.
The foregoing ordinance was first read by title only in accor nee with Article X,
Section 2(C) of the City Charter on the 'f? day of , 2008,
and d PASSED and ADOPTED this ? day of , 2008.
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Barbara M. Christensen, City Recorder
SIGNED and APPROVED this fY day oil:laW: 2008.
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