Showing ordinances that apply to North Highlands, CA
North Highlands is an unincorporated community (population 49,327) in Sacramento County, California. Because North Highlands is not an incorporated city, it does not have its own municipal code. Instead, Sacramento County ordinances apply directly to properties here. The rainwater harvesting rules below are the ones that govern your area.
Rainwater harvesting is legal and encouraged in unincorporated Sacramento County. Rooftop collection for outdoor landscape use requires no permit. Larger cistern systems and indoor non-potable use require plumbing permits.
California AB 1750 (2012) Rainwater Capture Act authorizes residential and commercial rooftop rainwater harvesting without a water right permit from the State Water Board. Sacramento County allows rain barrels and cisterns for landscape irrigation without a building permit when tanks are under a certain capacity, properly screened against mosquitoes, and not connected to indoor plumbing. Systems plumbed to toilets or irrigation fixtures require a plumbing permit under the California Plumbing Code Chapter 17 (nonpotable rainwater catchment). Regional San and Sac Regional Water Authority offer periodic rain barrel rebates. Mosquito abatement districts require covered inlets.
Unpermitted plumbed systems can trigger code enforcement and removal orders. Improperly covered barrels producing mosquitoes may be cited by Sacramento-Yolo Mosquito and Vector Control.
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