Boonville Certain uses may be prohibited ordinance (§ 21-40)
Chapter 21: Waters, Sewers and Solid Waste Disposal · Division 3. Use of Water During
In times of emergency proclaimed as herein provided, the following uses and withdrawals of water by any person shall be prohibited:
(a) Watering yards, namely, the sprinkling, watering, or irrigating of shrubbery, trees, lawns, grass, ground covers, plants, vines, gardens, vegetables, flowers, or any other vegetation;
(b) Washing mobile equipment, namely the washing of automobiles, trucks, trailers, trailer-houses, railroad cars, or any other type of mobile equipment;
(c) Cleaning outdoor surfaces, namely the washing of sidewalks, driveways, filling stations aprons, porches and other outdoor surfaces; (d) Cleaning buildings, namely, the washing of the outside of dwellings and of the inside and outside of office and other commercial buildings;
(e) Cleaning equipment and machinery, namely, the washing and cleaning of any business or industrial equipment and machinery;
(f) Swimming pools, namely, swimming and wading pools not employing a filter and recirculating system;
(g) Ornamental fountains, namely, the operation of any ornamental fountain or other structure making a similar use of water;
(h) Escape through defective plumbing, namely, the escape of water through defective plumbing, which shall mean the knowing permission for defective plumbing to remain out of repair;
(i) Sale to bulk haulers, namely, the sale of water to nonmetered customers hauling the same to out-of-town consumers;
(j) Sale to out-of-town consumers, namely, all bulk or tank sale, coin operated, facilities where water is sold to persons hauling the same for their own use;
(k) Automatic or commercial car washes, namely, commercial coin-operated car wash or any other type of mobile equipment commercial washing operation;
(l) Cooling water, namely, no water is to be used for cooling machinery, air conditioning, or heating unless said water is recycled within a closed system;
(m) Dust control, namely, no water is to be used for the control of dust;
(n) Flushing mains, namely, no flushing of water mains by city water department employees except to alleviate specific customer complaints;
(o) Use from a fire hydrant, namely, no use of water from a fire hydrant except for fighting fires, human consumption, or use in connection with animals.
Official source: City of Boonville official Code of Ordinances (online): look up Sec. 21-40
Text from Supplement 8 (December 2025), through Ordinance 4678 of December 16, 2024.
Last checked October 30, 2026. The city's official copy controls; this page is a reading copy, not legal advice.