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Borough Ordinance: Between May 1 and September 15, no person shall make external use of water for any purpose, (except for construction or on the 31st day of any month), including but not limited to watering a lawn or landscaping, washing a car, filling a swimming pool or cleaning the exterior of a building, on an odd date unless he or she resides in a house having an odd number and no person shall make external use of water for any purpose (except for construction or on the 31st day of any month), including but not limited to watering a lawn or landscaping, washing a car, filling a swimming pool or cleaning the exterior of a building, on an even date unless he or she resides in a house having an even number, except for newly installed or planted lawns or shrubbery the watering of which shall be permitted only for 45 days after planting. All such permitted external use of water shall occur so as to avoid the needless waste of water which shall include, by way of example but not be limited to, the watering of a lawn in excess of 45 minutes per area, allowing an undirected flow of water for more than two minutes during any of the approved watering uses stated herein, or testing of a newly installed sprinkler system for more than 10 minutes.