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Don't water your lawn during restricted hours. Outdoor Watering Restrictions Before January 1, 2011, local governments must adopt or amend their ordinances to restrict outdoor irrigation using publicly supplied water to the hours between 4 P.M. and 10 A.M. (Dade County Passed this last month.)The time restrictions for outdoor irrigation do not apply to the use of any water obtained from private wells, or from reuse water sources such as cooling system condensate, storm water, gray water, and reclaimed wastewater. The following uses are also exempted from the time restrictions: • Commercial agricultural and horticultural operations • Turf on athletic fields, golf courses, and other public recreation areas • Turf being planted and established through hydro-seeding techniques • Newly installed plants, seeds, or turf during a 30-day establishment period after the initial planting date • Personal food gardens • Drip and soaker hose irrigation systems • Hand watering with a hose that has an automatic cutoff nozzle, or with hand-held containers
Plumbing Codes The Water Stewardship Act amends the state minimum standard plumbing code for water use by plumbing fixtures installed in new construction granted a building permit after July 1, 2012. These specifications provide that: • Toilets, whether dual flush or single flush, must not exceed an average of 1.28 gallons per flush • Water-based urinals must not exceed 0.5 gallons per flush • Showerheads must have a flow of less than 2.5 gallons per minute • Bathroom faucets must have a flow of less than 1.5 gallons per minute • Kitchen faucets must have a flow of less than 2.0 gallons per minute Sub-metering Property owners have traditionally measured water use in many multi-unit buildings (such as apartments, office buildings, and light industrial facilities) through centralized meters for the entire building. The use and total costs are divided among the building tenant using an allocation formula. By contrast, sub-metering provides a system in which water use in each unit is directly measured and each tenant is billed for their use. To provide greater awareness of personal water use and an incentive to reduce that use, the Water Stewardship Act requires sub-metering of each new multi-unit residential building and certain retail and light industrial buildings granted a permit for construction after July 1, 2012.Tenants in these new buildings are to be charged for water and wastewater use based on the measured usage. Installation of sub-meters is also encouraged, but not mandated, in existing multi-unit buildings and for any office components of newly constructed multi-unit buildings. Local government ordinances will need to be consistent with these new requirements. http://www.cviog.uga.edu/services/polic ... ip-Act.pdf
Gas Chambers for Dog & Cat Euthanasia Outlawed Effective December 31, 2010, animal shelters are prohibited from using gas chambers (bottled carbon monoxide) to euthanize dogs or cats, including those that are feral and/or dangerous and may pose a threat to humans. For more information
Submit Annual Budgets and Audits to State Website During the 2010 legislative session, HB 122 was passed and signed into law. This law requires local governments with an annual budget over $1 million to send their annual budgets (effective on or adopted after January 1, 2011) and audits (completed after January 1, 2011) to the Carl Vinson Institute of Government to be posted on a centralized website.
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Thanks chefdavid for putting something useful on here. I was was beginning to think this site should be called "dadesoap-opera.com". Looking forward to being involved on this forum. Thanks!
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Don't water your lawn during restricted hours. Outdoor Watering Restrictions Before January 1, 2011, local governments must adopt or amend their ordinances to restrict outdoor irrigation using publicly supplied water to the hours between 4 P.M. and 10 A.M. (Dade County Passed this last month.)The time restrictions for outdoor irrigation do not apply to the use of any water obtained from private wells, or from reuse water sources such as cooling system condensate, storm water, gray water, and reclaimed wastewater. The following uses are also exempted from the time restrictions: • Commercial agricultural and horticultural operations • Turf on athletic fields, golf courses, and other public recreation areas • Turf being planted and established through hydro-seeding techniques • Newly installed plants, seeds, or turf during a 30-day establishment period after the initial planting date • Personal food gardens • Drip and soaker hose irrigation systems • Hand watering with a hose that has an automatic cutoff nozzle, or with hand-held containers
Just wonder how many folks actually know what this means? And WHO will enforce it? What is the punishment for breaking such said LAW? But as usual it is just another way for goverment to CONTROL ever aspect of your life.
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I wonder if they are taking applications for the "Outdoor Watering Restriction Officer"? Does it come with a "company car"? Job description: Drive around looking for unlawful sprinkling.
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I am just hoping that it comes with the officer having only "One Bullet"! lol...lol...
But it's alot like the outdoor burning permit that folks still don't know or just don't care about. It's just hard to explain to some folks they can't do what they want to do with their property.
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A month ago Senator Jeff "Maglev" Mullis (Progressive R Chickamauga) added an amendment to a gun bill that would allow ANY elected official (Governor, State Senator, Dog Catcher) to carry a gun WITHOUT having to get a permit first. In essence he gives himself and anyone else who is able to fool at least 50%+1 vote of the people the right to what is called "Constitutional Carry." The arrogance of this gas bag knows no bounds. He thinks he should be able to carry a gun because the Constitution gives him that right but wants the rest of us to still play mother-may-I with the state. He thinks his next run for office will be for Congress. Given how easily fooled people are up here I wouldn't bet against it happening.
_________________ Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. .. those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end for they do so with the approval of their own conscience. C.S. Lewis
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