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AN ORDINANCE OF INDIAN RIVER COUNTY, FLORIDA, ADDING A NEW CHAPTER 202 ENTITLED COUNTY RECLAIMED WATER TO THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF INDIAN RIVER COUNTY, FLORIDA, PROVIDING FOR REPEAL OF CONFLICTING PROVISIONS, CODIFICATION, SEVERABILITY AND EFFECTIVE DATE. Be it ordained by the Board of County Commissioners of Indian River County that: SECTION 202.01 SHORT TITLE This chapter may be known as the Reclaimed Water Ordinance. SECTION 202.02 PURPOSE AND INTENT The purpose of this chapter is to provide for the implementation of the land development related policies of the Sanitary Sewer and Potable Water Sub -Elements of the Comprehensive Plan. The requirements of this chapter are intended to implement criteria established by Florida Administrative Code Chapter 17-610 for the design, operation and maintenance of a reclaimed water land application system. SECTION 202.03 DEFINITIONS ACCESSIBLE, RECLAIMED WATER SERVICE TO EXISTING DEVELOPMENT Shall mean reclaimed water service within one hundred (100) feet from the nearest point of the existing development to a primary transmission main or sub -area distribution main of the Indian River County Reclaimed Water Distribution System as measured through public easements or public right-of-ways. ACCESSIBLE, RECLAIMED WATER SERVICE TO NEW DEVELOPMENT - Shall mean reclaimed water service within one quarter mile from the nearest point of the project site to a primary transmission main or sub -area distribution main of the Indian River County Reclaimed Water Distribution System as measured through public easements or public right-of-way. ADEQUATE SIZE - Shall mean a reclaimed water system designed to apply, at a minimum, 1,000 gallons per day of reclaimed water per equivalent residential unit of potable water or sanitary sewer service calculated to serve the facility or use. AVAILABLE - Shall mean the presence of reclaimed water within the transmission and distribution network at pressures adequate to operate standard irrigation systems and devices. CROSS CONNECTION - Shall mean any physical connection or arrangement which could allow the inter -mingling of waters between the public potable water supply and distribution system, or a private potable water supply and the county's reclaimed water supply or distribution system or any other non -potable water source. IRRIGATION SYSTEM Shall mean the user's in -ground piped system which delivers water to a, spray or drip -type irrigation devices located throughout the property. The system may be controlled by an electric timer or manually. The system may be equipped with special hose bib boxes providing for irrigation by hose and or portable sprinkler devices in lieu of an in -ground piping system IRRIGATION WELL - Shall mean a well located on private property with no means of supplying water for human consumption, used to supply water to an in -ground irrigation system or other irrigation devices which serve the property. NON -POTABLE WATER SUPPLY - Shall mean a well used as a source of water for other than human consumption, such as irrigation, cooling, or other uses. POTABLE WATER SUPPLY WELL - Shall mean a well used as a source of water for drinking, culinary or domestic purposes.