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O R D IN A N C E NO. 218 An Ordinance to Prohibit W aste of W a ter; Defining W aste of W a ter; Regulating the Use T h ereof; and P roviding Penalties fo r the V iolation o f T h is^ trd in - ance and Repealing All O rdinances and Hmrts of O rdinances in C on flict Therew ith . The Board of City Commissioners of Las Vegas do ordain as follows > $. Secti.on 1. Waste of water in the City of Las Vegas is hereby prohibited and declared unlawful. • Section 2 . Any one of the following acts shall constitute waste of water, as the term is used in this ordinance. (a) Permitting a hydrant, tap, cock, or valve connection with any water system to leak onto the ground or into the sink, bowl, toilet or tub, cesspool, slump or any other opening connected with a sewer, after the person has been notified to remedy such leak. (b) Permitting the 'water from any water system to flow from any hose, tap, valve, hydrant, pipe or cock directly into any sewer or cesspool after notice or knowledge there, without first putting such water to beneficial use. (c) Permitting or causing the water from any water system to flow into any public Street or alley within the city or upon the lot or land of another after notice or knowledge thereof. (d) The waste of water in any manner by any person, corporation or association without first putting same to beneficial use. (e) Permitting with knowledge water to escape before beneficial use from any pipe, drain or other Conveyor either above or below the surface of the ground. Section 3. Waste of water, as herein defined, shall constitute a misdemeanor 'and shall be punished by a fine of not to exceed Fifty ($50.00) Dollars or by imprisonment in the City Jail of Las Vegas for a period not to exceed twenty-five (25) days, or by both such fine and imprisonments. Section 4. All Ordinances and pai*ts~ of.,Ordinances in conflict with this ordinance are hereby repealed. Section 5. This Ordinance shall take effect immediately upon its -'passage and publication thereof for two consecutive weeks in the Las Vegas Review- Journal, a daily newspaper published in the City of Las Vegas, arid its final passage. * * * L. L, ARNETT, Mayor of the City of Las Vegas. Attest: VIOLA BURNS, City Clerk and Clerk of the Board of City Cbmmissioners. AJh oooy-39'