They emphasized features like landscaping that requires little water, sidewalks designed to minimize runoff and reused lumber for construction.
LONG before New York City declared a drought emergency, making car washing, lawn watering, sidewalk spraying and fountain displays violations punishable by law, Lawrence and Christina Marks declared an emergency of their own.
The State Water Resource Control Board (SWRCB) voted on Tuesday in favor of a new set of emergency regulations limiting outdoor irrigation and other wasteful water uses including landscaping and watering sidewalks.
But identifying tree hazards is just one of 16 items on a checklist, along with play equipment, benches, athletic fields, lawns, water bodies, sidewalks, litter, glass, graffiti and weeds.
You've probably heard that the rest of us in Glendale have been told not to water our sidewalks and driveways, and that our water is in short supply.
It takes just a few quick establishing shots -- a dog picking through trash in a Brooklyn gutter, people slumped on their stoops, watering their sidewalks and cluttering the city pools -- to set the stifling mood for "Dog Day Afternoon".
Whatever the issue was, those hard-working fellows were watering your sidewalks and missing the plants entirely.
The money will cover curb, water main and sidewalk work; traffic signals; and underground wiring.
"I walk outside to the parking lot/ Bright coins of water on the sidewalk," Ms. Anderson whispers.
Adam gave the can to Elsa, who had trouble with it and got most of the water on the sidewalk and in the gutter.
