CHAPTER 36A. WATER CONSERVATION.

Sec. 36A-9. Penalties for exceeding allocations.

(a) Any urban water purveyor who violates any provision of this article by pumping groundwater in excess of that purveyor's annual allocation is subject to penalties, established herein.

(b) The penalty rates for an urban water purveyor who pumps groundwater in excess of that purveyor's annual allocation are as follows:

Tier/Quantity	Rate
(1) For the quantity of water pumped that exceeds the purveyor's water allocation by up to 10%	$50/acre-foot
(2) For the quantity of water pumped that exceeds the purveyor's water allocation by more than 10%, up to 20%	100/acre-foot
(3) For the quantity of water pumped that exceeds the purveyor's water allocation by more than 20%	200/acre-foot

(c) The total amount of the penalty for each urban water purveyor is determined as follows:

(1) Determine the quantity of water, expressed in acre-feet pumped in excess of the allocation;

(2) Determine the quantity of water, expressed in acre-feet that equals ten percent of the allocation;

(3) Of the excess quantities, multiply the quantity that falls in the first ten percent of excess by fifty dollars per acre foot; multiply the quantity that falls in the second ten percent of excess by one hundred dollars per acre foot; and multiply the quantity that falls in all other portions of the excess by two hundred dollars per acre foot;

(4) Add together the amounts so determined, to determine the total penalty.

(d) The provisions of this section pertaining to penalties shall not be enforced during the water year November 1, 1993 through October 31, 1994. (Ord. No. 2218 (NCS), § 1.)