Following is a list of the restrictions. This list and the definitions for terms such as landscaping and new landscaping also are available online at http://www.chesterfield.gov/Utilities.aspx?id=16570.

Established landscaping (lawns, vegetable gardens, flowers, trees and shrubs) -Watering is limited to three days per week by address. Addresses ending with odd numbers may water only on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays. Addresses ending with even numbers and locations with no street numbers may water only on Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays. Watering is prohibited on Mondays. Watering with buckets of up to five gallons per day is permitted any time.

New landscaping – All watering is permitted for the first 10 days after planting. Thereafter, the restriction for established landscaping shall apply. Overseeding an existing lawn does not qualify as new landscaping.

Paved areas – Washing is prohibited except for immediate health and safety requirements.

Swimming Pools – Limit to filling and replenishing to maintain health and safety. All other uses are prohibited.

Vehicle Washing – Noncommercial washing is limited to one day per week using only hand-held hoses with automatic-shut-off nozzles. Commercial vehicle- washing businesses are permitted to operate under normal conditions.

Golf courses – Watering is restricted to Tuesday through Sunday between  8 p.m. and 4 a.m. Greens are exempted from this restriction.

Businesses – Limit to essential use only.

Restaurants – No restrictions.

All other consumption – Conservation by any means is encouraged.

Any person found to be in violation of the above restrictions will be subject to fines, which will be imposed on the customer’s next water bill:

For more information or to report a violation, customers should contact the Department of Utilities at 804-748-1271.

Applying for a CCPL library card couldn’t be easier. It takes minutes to get full access to all our free services and materials!

Your library card is your gateway to free Internet and computer use, some free PC printouts daily, check-out privileges for books, magazines, music CDs, DVDs, and a full complement of 24/7 accessible databases in a myriad of subjects. Additionally, CCPL regularly offers story times, PC workshops, book discussion groups, readers’ advisory lists, community meeting rooms, and a terrific range of programs. Your library is proud to be a community place providing for the enrichment and enjoyment of people of all ages.

Library cards are issued to all Chesterfield County residents free of charge upon proof of residency. Agreements with many neighboring localities make it possible for Chesterfield residents to use other area libraries and for our neighbors to use Chesterfield libraries at no charge.

To get a library card, visit any Chesterfield County Public Library and fill out an application. Be sure to bring proof of address. You can also download and print your application to bring to a branch at library.chesterfield.gov.

While there are numerous resources available to entrepreneurs, getting the RIGHT help is a daunting task. One of the major obstacles to self-employment is the difficulty in gathering accurate and specific information to facilitate the process of starting a business. Potential entrepreneurs are immediately faced with not only the requirements of business operation, but also a myriad of local, state and federal forms, requirements, rules and regulations that can become overwhelming.

This new web portal, MyBusinessStartsHere.com, is designed to direct entrepreneurs to solutions to their business questions. Users will find a step-by-step guide to starting a business, information on sources of capital, how to get a business license in Chesterfield, additional requirements for certain business types and information on how to do business with government. Users can access the portal from their home computer or any library location, where they can also utilize a host of free tools, free expertise, and free technology.

BSO Special Victims Unit Det. Sylviane Wernath had convinced Miguel Leonardo Cala, 37, to turn himself in to face charges of lewd or lascivious molestation of a child under 12 and lewd and lascivious conduct. She notified Virginia State Police of Cala’s whereabouts, and within a few minutes, Cala told Wernath that a state trooper had pulled up behind him.

Detectives say Cala molested one of his students during a tutoring session in mid-August, and they believe he has additional victims. They know of no abuse that happened at the Coral Springs school. Cala was a St. Andrews music teacher for many years but left the school in early May. He gave a statement admitting involvement, and additional charges against him are pending.

Cala was parked on the shoulder of Interstate 95 in Caroline County, Virginia (about a half hour north of Richmond) Friday morning when the Virginia State trooper found him. He was transported to the hospital for psychological and medical clearance and then was booked into the Pamunkey Regional Jail in Hanover, Virginia.

Anyone who believes Cala may have committed other crimes can report information to Det. Wernath at (954) 321-4230. Information can be reported anonymously by calling Crime Stoppers of Broward County at (954) 493-TIPS (8477) or online at www.browardcrimestoppers.org

Police said an Amtrak train was traveling north near the Defense Supply Center when it struck a male who was walking beside the tracks. The pedestrian was found dead a short time later. The man’s body was taken to the Medical Examiner’s Office where the victim was identified as Aubrey A. Weese, 25, of the 3700 block of Luckylee Crescent in Richmond.

Police continue their investigation into this crash.

Police said Leabhart was the passenger in an SUV driven by his wife. The couple was traveling through Chesterfield County on Friday night just before 9 p.m. Just east of the Amelia County line, on Hull Street Road, Leibhart fell from the vehicle onto the roadway. He was pronounced dead at the scene.

Police continue their investigation into this death.

This proposal is among a set of targeted initiatives that the President will outline in Cleveland on Wednesday to support our economic recovery and ensure long-term sustainable growth.

This plan would build on the investments we have already made under the Recovery Act, create jobs for American workers to strengthen our economy now, and increase our nation’s growth and productivity in the future. At the same time, the plan would reform the way America currently invests in transportation, changing our focus to enhancing competition, innovation, performance, and real analysis that gets taxpayers the best bang for the buck, while moving away from the earmarks and formula debates of the past. In prior years, transportation infrastructure was an issue that both parties worked on together, and the Administration hopes the same can be true now.

Goals for this plan over the next six years include:

• ROADS: Rebuild 150,000 miles of roads – renewing our commitment to the backbone of our transportation system;
• RAILWAYS: Construct and maintain 4,000 miles of rail – enough to go coast-to-coast;
• RUNWAYS: Rehabilitate or reconstruct 150 miles of runway – while putting in place a NextGen system that will reduce travel time and delays.

The President’s plan to accomplish this includes:

• An up-front investment. The President will work with Congress to enact a new up-front investment in our nation’s infrastructure – an investment that would help jump-start additional job creation, while also laying the foundation for future growth. This initial investment would fund improvements in the nation’s surface transportation, as well as our airports and air traffic control system.

• A vision for the future. The President proposes to pair this with a long-term framework to reform and expand our nation’s investment in transportation infrastructure. Since the end of last year, when the last long-term surface transportation legislation expired, these investments have been continued on a temporary basis, even as the trust fund to finance them has fallen into insolvency. If we are to enjoy the benefits that come from a world-class transportation system, Congress must enact a long-term reauthorization that expands and reforms our infrastructure investments and returns the transportation trust fund to solvency. To jumpstart job creation, this long-run policy front-loads – through a $50 billion up-front investment – a significant share of the new infrastructure resources. As with other long-run policies, the Administration is committed to working with Congress to fully pay for the plan.

The long-term framework includes meaningful reforms:

• The establishment of an Infrastructure Bank to leverage federal dollars and focus on investments of national and regional significance that often fall through the cracks in the current siloed transportation programs;

• The integration of high-speed rail on an equal footing into the surface transportation program to ensure a sustained and effective commitment to a national high speed rail system over the next generation;

• Streamlining, modernizing, and prioritizing surface transportation investments, consolidating more than 100 different programs and focusing on using performance measurement and “race-to-the-top” style competitive pressures to drive investment toward better policy outcomes.

• Expanding investments in areas like safety, environmental sustainability, economic competitiveness, and livability – helping to build communities where people have choices about how to travel, including options that reduce oil consumption, lower greenhouse gas emissions, and expand access to job opportunities and housing that’s affordable.

Specifically, the President proposes to make the initial up-front investment in the following areas:

• Roads. The nation’s highways serve as the backbone of our transportation system. Many roads and bridges are in need of repair and expansion and many of the Americans who want to do this work face high unemployment right now. Our investments would be focused on modernizing the highway system’s critical assets while providing much-needed jobs.

• Rail. Many parts of transit systems have been allowed to fall into a state of ill-repair. The President’s plan would help address this by making a major new investment in the nation’s bus and rail transit system. The Administration is also committed to expanding public transit systems and would dedicate significant new funding to the “New Starts” program – which supports locally planned, implemented, and operated major transit projects. In addition, the Administration is committed to building on its investments so far in high-speed rail – constructing a system that will increase convenience and productivity, while also reducing our nation’s dependence on oil and cutting down on pollution. The President’s plan would also invest in a long-overdue overhaul of Amtrak’s fleet.

• Runways & NextGen. The Administration proposes to invest in our nation’s airports by improving their runways and other equipment and facilities. We also propose a robust investment in our effort to modernize the nation’s air traffic control system (NextGen). This investment will help both the FAA and airlines to install new technologies and, among other improvements, move from a national ground-based radar surveillance system to a more accurate satellite-based surveillance system – the backbone of a broader effort to reduce delays for passengers, increase fuel efficiency for carriers, and cut airport noise for those who live and work near airports.

• Infrastructure Bank. The President proposes to fund a permanent infrastructure bank. This bank would leverage private and state and local capital to invest in projects that are most critical to our economic progress. This marks an important departure from the federal government’s traditional way of spending on infrastructure through earmarks and formula-based grants that are allocated more by geography and politics than demonstrated value. Instead, the Bank will base its investment decisions on clear analytical measures of performance, competing projects against each other to determine which will produce the greatest return for American taxpayers.

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