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Makeup means partial refilling of a swimming pool or hot tub or aesthetic water feature to replace water lost through evaporation or backwashing. Mobile car wash means a commercial car wash equipped with a vehicle or trailer - mounted self- contained washing system with any of the following: water or detergent solution, storage tank, high pressure /low flow pumping equipment, hoses, spray wand and related appurtenances. New facility means a swimming pool, hot tub, aesthetic water feature or any similar facility, installed during any period for which a drought response stage is in effect. When the stage, together with all other stages which precede or succeed that stage in a continuous time period, is rescinded, the new facility will be treated thereafter as an existing facility. New landscape means landscaping plants and/or turf on which installation was completed within the last 21 days. Non - commercial vehicle washing means washing of automobiles, trucks, trailers, boats, and other mobile equipment at a private residence. Non- essential water use means any usage of water that is not required for: (1) a health and safety use; (2) personal needs such as drinking, bathing, cooling, heating, cooking, food preparation, cleaning or sanitation; (3) medical or industrial processes; or (4) watering of livestock. Not in use means as it relates to swimming pools, hot tubs and similar facilities, a facility which is not used during any 24 hour period. Person means, with respect to this division, any individual, corporation, partnership, or other legal entity within the corporate limits of the City, or any individual, corporation, partnership, or other legal entity outside the corporate limits of the city who is a city water customer. Positive shutoff device means a device which permits water to flow through it only when a continuous pressure is applied to a handle, trigger, or similar portion of the device. Precipitation rate means the speed at which a sprinkler or irrigation system applies water. Precipitation rates are measured in inches per hour or inches per minute.