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9.30.080 1. Every customer shall use no more water than the customer used during the comparable billing period in 1990, and every customer shall eliminate wast- ing potable water in an effort to aid the city in achieving a 15 percent reduction in the amount of water used by all customers during comparable billing periods in 1990. New customers shall not use in excess of 85 percent of the city's estimated consumption for similar customers. 2. To achieve this reduction, each residential customer shall reduce its summer water use by 15 per- cent, each nonresidential customer shall reduce its sum- mer bimonthly use by 15 percent, and each irrigation customer shall reduce its summer use by 25 percent. C. Stage I -C; 20 percent voluntary reduction in water use. The director may declare a Stage I -C reduc- tion in water use and thereby impose a voluntary reduc- tion in water use as follows: 1. Every customer shall use no more water than the customer used during the comparable billing period in 1990, and every customer shall eliminate wast- ing potable water in an effort to aid the city in achieving a 20 percent reduction in the amount of water used by all customers during comparable billing periods in 1990. New customers shall not use in excess of 80 percent of the city's estimated consumption for similar customers. 2. To achieve this reduction, each residential customer shall reduce its summer water use by 20 per- cent, each nonresidential customer shall reduce its sum- mer bimonthly use by 20 percent, and each irrigation customer shall reduce its summer use by 30 percent. D. Stage I -D; 25 percent voluntary reduction in water use. The director may declare a Stage I -C reduc- tion in water use and thereby impose a voluntary reduc- tion in water use as follows: 1. Every customer shall use no more water than the customer used during the comparable billing period in 1990, and every customer shall eliminate wast- ing potable water in an effort to aid the city in achieving a 25 percent reduction in the amount of water used by all customers during comparable billing periods in 1990. New customers shall not use in excess of 75 percent of the city's estimated consumption for similar customers. 2. To achieve this reduction, each residential customer shall reduce its summer water use by 25 per- cent, each nonresidential customer shall reduce its sum- mer bimonthly use by 25 percent, and each irrigation customer shall reduce its summer use by 35 percent. F. Other conservation measures. In addition to the provisions and restrictions provided in subsections A through D above, the director shall recommend that all customers take the following conservation measures: 1. Residential Guidelines. (Pleasanton Supp. No, 3, 1 -1(I) 270 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 daily, weekly or monthly water use by reading and recording water meter totalizer. e. Water lawns no more than twice weekly and before 10:00 a.m.; eliminate overspray and runoff on sidewalks, driveways, streets and other nonirrigated ar- eas. f. Sweep sidewalks, driveways, patios and all paved areas; do not wash down. Inspect for leaks and repair promptly. 2. Nonresidential. a. Restaurants shall serve water only on re- quest. b. Irrigate no more than twice weekly; elimi- nate all overspray and runoff on sidewalks, driveways, streets and other nonirrigated areas. c. Perform water audit of facilities in order to prioritize water usage. Review outside watering sched- ules to reduce water use to only those levels required for plant stabilization or growth. 3. Irrigation. a. Perform water audit of turf and other land- scaping areas. Review outside watering schedules to reduce water use to only those levels required for plant stabilization or growth. b. Limit watering to no more than twice weekly. c. Avoid watering in excess of the evapotran- spiration rate. (Ord. 1560 § I, 1992; Ord. 1508 § 1, 1991) g. 9.30.080 Stage 11: 25 percent mandatory reduction in residential use; 15 percent mandatory reduction in nonresidential use; 35 percent mandatory reduction in irrigation use. The director may declare a Stage 11 reduction in water use and thereby impose a mandatory reduction in water use as follows: A. Each residential customer shall reduce its water use by 25 percent from the comparable billing period in 1990. I. For single- family residential customers: a. The floor shall be 4,200 cubic feet per bi- monthly billing period (525 GPD). b. The ceiling shall be 8,400 cubic feet per bimonthly billing period (1050 GPD).