REGULATIONS FOR USE OF WATER

Colorado Springs City Code ch. 12, art. 4, pt. 6

in effect

Colorado Springs City Code § 12.4.601 USE; DETERMINATION BY CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

12.4.601: USE; DETERMINATION BY CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER: In order to maintain adequate water pressure and water supply and/or proper water quality, the Chief Executive Officer may restrict or deny the use of water by any user. The restrictions may include, but shall not be limited to, designation of the type and number of uses of water which shall be permitted and/or any other restriction which the Chief Executive Officer may deem necessary. (Ord. 98-173; Ord. 01-42; Ord. 18-42)

Colorado Springs City Code § 12.4.602 USE; RESTRICTIONS FIRST APPLIED TO OUTSIDE USERS

12.4.602: USE; RESTRICTIONS FIRST APPLIED TO OUTSIDE USERS: In the event that the Chief Executive Officer determines that, owing to shortages of water, restrictions as to the use of water are necessary to preserve an adequate supply of water, the restrictions may be applied first to users outside the corporate limits of the City as the Chief Executive Officer may direct. (Ord. 98-173; Ord. 01-42; Ord. 18-42)

Colorado Springs City Code § 12.4.603 CONDITIONS OF SERVICE

12.4.603: CONDITIONS OF SERVICE: A. All water furnished by Utilities in providing water service is and shall be on a license basis for one time use for lawful purposes on the customer's premises. The license granted may be modified, suspended or terminated as now or hereafter provided in the rules, regulations, resolutions and ordinances of the City. Neither the granting of this license nor the use of water thereunder shall constitute or be deemed a relinquishment of the City's dominion and control of its water or of the title to any of its water or water rights. No act, circumstance or condition of the use or service shall be deemed to constitute a conveyance of the City's title or surrender of the City's dominion and control, or shall operate to create any vested or proprietary right, relating to the City's water or water rights, in any person whatsoever. B. It shall be unlawful for any person to make any reuse or succession of uses of the water provided by Utilities, except as specifically allowed by Utilities' tariffs, rules, or regulations, or resolutions or ordinances of the City, or in accord with specific written permission from the Chief Executive Officer. C. It shall be unlawful for any person to directly or indirectly sell or otherwise dispose of water service furnished by Utilities or to do any other act, except in accord with that person's service application and service contract and with Utilities' tariffs, rules, regulations, resolutions or ordinances of the City, or in accord with specific written permission from the Chief Executive Officer. Nothing in the foregoing sentence shall prohibit a customer from establishing an appropriate allocation procedure for the purposes of receiving reimbursement from tenants or lessees for their proportionate share of water service used which allocation procedure shall be determined solely by contractual arrangement between the customer and the tenants or lessees, provided that the customer shall not receive total reimbursement in excess of the amount necessary to pay the customer's water bill. (Ord. 98-173; Ord. 01-42; Ord. 18-42)

Colorado Springs City Code § 12.4.604 UNLAWFUL TO STEAL WATER

12.4.604: UNLAWFUL TO STEAL WATER: It shall be unlawful for any person to take or use any water from the water supply system of the City, or to aid or abet any person in taking or using, otherwise than in compliance with this article. (Ord. 98-173; Ord. 01-42)

Colorado Springs City Code § 12.4.605 UNLAWFUL TAKING; EVIDENCE OF

12.4.605: UNLAWFUL TAKING; EVIDENCE OF: Occupancy of any premises for which Utilities supplies water for any purpose for any length of time greater than five (5) days, without entering into a water service agreement with Utilities, shall be deemed prima facie evidence of the unlawful taking or use of water by the owner of the premises. (Ord. 98-173; Ord. 01-42)

Colorado Springs City Code § 12.4.606 UNLAWFUL TO TAKE WATER FROM FIRE HYDRANT

12.4.606: UNLAWFUL TO TAKE WATER FROM FIRE HYDRANT: It shall be unlawful for any person to take any water from any fire hydrant or hose pipe except for the extinguishment of fires, the cleaning or testing of fire apparatus or with the permission of the Chief Executive Officer. The Chief Executive Officer may take water from a fire hydrant when necessary for any purpose of the water system. (Ord. 98-173; Ord. 01-42; Ord. 18-42)

Colorado Springs City Code § 12.4.607 RESTITUTION

12.4.607: RESTITUTION: As a condition of granting probation, deferred prosecution, deferred sentence or suspended sentence, the court may order any person who is charged with or found guilty of, as the case may be, violating any of the provisions of section 12.4.604 or 12.4.606 of this part to pay as restitution estimated user charges for the water taken, the cost of repairing or replacing any damaged utility equipment, and any other costs incurred by the Utilities or the City related to the violation including, but not limited to, costs of investigation. (Ord. 98-173; Ord. 01-42)

Source: City of Colorado Springs, Colorado, City Code and City Charter (American Legal Publishing, codelibrary.amlegal.com)URL: https://codelibrary.amlegal.com/codes/coloradospringsco/latest/coloradosprings_co/0-0-0-19920Fetched: 11/1/2026