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Ordinance No. 1560 B. To achieve this reduction, each residential customer shall reduce their summer water use by 20%, each non- residential customer shall reduce their summer bimonthly use by 20%, and each irrigation customer shall reduce their summer use by 30%. STAGE I-D: 25% VOLUNTARY REDUCTION IN WATER USE. The director may declare a Stage I-C reduction in water use and thereby impose a voluntary reduction in water use as follows: A. Every customer shall use no more water than the customer used during the comparable billing period in 1990, and every customer shall eliminate wasting potable water in an effort to aid the City in achieving a twenty-five percent (25%) reduction in the amount of water used by all customers during comparable billing periods in 1990. New customers shall not use in excess of seventy-five percent of the City's estimated consumption for similar customers. B. To achieve this reduction, each residential customer shall reduce their summer water use by 25%, each non- residential customer shall reduce their summer bimonthly use by 25%, and each irrigation customer shall reduce their summer use by 35%. The following measures shall apply to Stages I-A through I-D above: C. In addition, the Director shall recommend that all customers take the following conservation measures: 1. Residential Guidelines a. Use water conserving appliances, fixtures, and practices in the kitchen and bathroom. b. Use shut-off nozzles on all garden hoses. c. Cover pools when not in use to reduce evaporation. d. Start or continue monitoring your daily, weekly or monthly water use by reading and recording your water meter totalizer. e. Water lawns no more than twice weekly and before 10:00 am; eliminate overspray and run- off on sidewalks, driveways, streets, and other non-irrigated areas.