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. BE IF FURTHER ORDAINED that section 31-125 of the Code of the City of Charlottesville is hereby amended and reordained to read as follows: • 0 Section 31-125. Conservation of Water during Emergencies. (a) Should the City Gotmeil, at an), time, deelafe there to be an emefgeney in the City E) emergeney to eFder the festriefion of prohibition of any or all of the following uses o'he supply: Mandatory Restrictions: The following Phase I restrictions on the use of water drawn from the City's public water supply are hereby prohibited: (1) Watering of outside shrubbery, trees, lawns, grass, plants, home vegetable gardens, or any other vegetation, except from a watering can or other container not exceeding three (3) gallons in capacity. This limitation shall not apply to commercial greenhouses or nursery stocks, which may be watered in the minimum amount required to preserve plant life before 7:00 a.m. or after 8:00 p.m. (2) Washing of automobiles, trucks, trailers, or any other type of mobile equipment, except in licensed commercial vehicle wash facilities. (3) Washing of sidewalks, streets, driveways, parking lots, service station aprons, exteriors of homes or apartments, commercial or industrial buildings or any other outdoor surface, except where mandated by federal, state or local law. (4) The operation of any ornamental fountain or other structure making a similar use of water. (5) The filling or refilling of swimming or wading pools of any size. requiring -mere than five (5) gallons of water-, or the refilling efswinuning of Wading pools whie were drained after the etTeetive date of the deelaration of emefgeRey, exeept that pools may be filled to a level of two (2) feet below normal, or water fia), be added to bring the level to two (2) feet below nefml, of as neeessafy to proteet t &efn,...a_,,stat:,, damage As used herein the phrase "filling or refilling" shall mean the addition of any water to the pool from the public water supply after the adoption of this amended ordinance. (6) The use of water from fire hydrants for any purpose other than fire suppression, unless otherwise approved by the City Manager. (7) The serving of drinking water in restaurants, except upon request. (8) The operation of any water-cooled comfort air conditioning that does not have water conserving equipment in operation. Phase H Restrictions: The following_ Phase II mandatory restrictions shall become effective at such time as the Executive Director of the Rivanna Water and Sewer Authority certifies in writing to the Director of Public Works of the City of Charlottesville that the usable water supply in the urban reservoir system has declined to fifty-five percent (55%) or less of capacity (the "effective date"):