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ordinance. <br />36. "Soil Absorption Rate" means the rate in minutes or hours that water is absorbed boor <br />passes through a soil during least favorable climatic conditions when soils are at or near <br />capacity. <br />37. "Sprinkler" or "Sprinkler Head" means a device that distributes water under pressure <br />through the air or above ground, usually through a replaceable or adjustable Nozzle, and <br />also called a bubbler head, head, rotor head, or sprayhead. <br />iead. <br />38. "User" means any person, individual, firm, association, organization, partnership, business <br />trust, corporation, company, agent, employee, or other legal entity whether natural or <br />artificial, the United States of America, and the State of Florida and all its political <br />subdivisions, regions, districts, municipalities, and public agencies thereof, which directly <br />or indirectly takes water from the Water Resource, including uses from private or public <br />utility systems, uses under water use permits issued pursuant to Chapter 40E-2, F.A.C., or <br />uses from individual wells or pumps. <br />39. "Velocity" means, for irrigation purposes, the average speed computed as Flow Rate per <br />unit area of a pipe, that is, the speed at which water moves through the irrigation systems <br />piping, and is not to exceed 5 feet per second. <br />40. "Water Resource" means any and all water on or beneath the surface of the ground, <br />including but limited to natural or artificial watercourses, lakes, ponds, or diffused surface <br />water, and well water, water percolating, standing, or flowing beneath the surface of the <br />ground. <br />41. "Year" means 365 calendar days. <br />42. "Zone" means a section of an irrigation system served by a single control valve. <br />B. As used in this ordinance the conjunctive "and" includes the disjunctive "or" and vice <br />versa Where "and/or" is used that term is intended to convey the same meaning. Further, the <br />singular shall include the plural and vice versa. <br />C. If a deadline imposed by this ordinance falls on a Saturday, Sunday, or legal holiday, the <br />deadline shall extend to the next day that is not a Saturday Sunday, or legal holiday. This <br />provision does not apply to the days of the week specified or allowed for irrigation. <br />Sec. 159.133. — Applicability and Exceptions <br />A. The provisions of this article shall apply to each User providing Landscape Irrigation from <br />all Water Resources within the boundaries of unincorporated Martin County with the following <br />exceptions: <br />1. The use of Reclaimed Water; <br />Added language is underlined: deleted language is °•••���: <br />194 <br />