City of LaBelle - Did You Know?

One Day A Week Watering In City Of LaBelle - An Oversight?

LABELLE, FL. -- What may be a surprise to citizens of the City of LaBelle, there's only one day a week officially allowed for landscape watering according to the city's website and water regulations posted there.

According to the restrictions posted, which are actually regulations from the South Florida Water Management District's 2008 rules, three years out of date, there is a one-day-a-per-week landscape irrigations schedule.

From the city's website:

Highlights of the Modified Phase III water shortage order, which will be enforced beginning January 15, 2008, include:

• Residents and businesses of Okeechobee, St. Lucie, Martin, Palm Beach, Broward, Miami-Dade, Monroe, Hendry and Glades counties are limited to a one-day-per-week landscape irrigation schedule with two watering windows.
• Odd street addresses may irrigate lawns and landscapes on Mondays between 4:00 a.m. and 8:00 a.m. or 4:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m.
• Even street addresses may irrigate lawns and landscapes on Thursdays between 4:00 a.m. and 8:00 a.m. or 4:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m.
• Residents and businesses with more than five acres have expanded irrigation hours, between 12:00 a.m. and 8:00 a.m. or 4:00 p.m. and 11:59 p.m. on their designated irrigation day.

We wonder if the outdated restriction is an oversight by the city, or is the city water plant in such bad shape, they don't want citizens overloading it by watering lawns too often?