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 Dania Beach
 Code of Ordinances
 Chapter 27. WATER AND SEWERS
 Article II. WATER SHORTAGE REGULATIONS

§ 27-38. Definitions.  

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  • For the purpose of this article, the following terms, phrases, words, and their derivations, shall have the meanings given below. When not inconsistent with the context, words used in the present tense include the future, words in the plural include the singular, and words in the singular include the plural. The word "shall" is always mandatory and not merely directory.

    City means the City of Dania Beach, Florida.

    District means the South Florida Water Management District.

    Person means any person, firm, partnership, association, corporation, company, entity or organization of any kind.

    Water resource means any and all water on or beneath the surface of the ground, including natural or artificial water courses, lakes, ponds or diffused surface water, and water percolating, standing, or flowing beneath the surface of the ground.

    Water shortage means a period of time specified by the district when sufficient water is not available to meet present or anticipated needs of persons using the water resource, or when conditions are such as to require temporary reduction in total water usage within a particular area to protect the water resource from serious harm. A water shortage usually occurs due to drought.

    Water shortage emergency means that situation determined by the district when the powers which can be exercised under Part II of Chapter 40E-21, Florida Administrative Code or applicable regulation, are not sufficient to protect the public health, safety, or welfare, or the health of animals, fish or aquatic life, or public water supply, or commercial, industrial, agricultural, recreational or other reasonable uses.

    Water shortage plan means the district's plan describing the procedures the district will utilize in declaring a water shortage, describing the procedures for declaring and implementing a water shortage emergency and establishing water use restrictions, describing enforcement procedures, and establishing specific water use restrictions and a classification system, as more particularly described in Chapter 40E-21, Florida Administrative Code, as amended from time to time.

(Ord. No. 2011-035, § 2, 11-22-11)