Beaverton, OR Landscaping Rules: Water Restrictions (2026)
Water restrictions in Beaverton, OR, also called the watering schedule, outdoor irrigation rules, or drought ordinance, set which days and hours you can run sprinklers or irrigation.
Key Facts
- Governing section
- BC 4.02.180
- Trigger
- Council resolution during shortage/emergency
- Grace period
- 48 hours after notice
- Penalty
- Class 1 civil infraction
- Standing schedule
- None: restrictions are ad hoc
Summary
Beaverton has no standing lawn-watering schedule; instead the city council can prohibit or restrict water use by resolution during a shortage or emergency, enforced as a civil infraction.
If the council finds that an emergency exists or that the water supply is or will be reduced and that it would be in the best interests of the public health, safety and welfare, the council may, by resolution, prohibit or restrict the use of water by any or all users.
B. Where the circumstances do not require immediate action, the city recorder will give notice of the prohibitions or restrictions on water use by mailing notice to the property served. However, if immediate action is required then notice may be given through information releases to radio, television or through other means.
C. It is a class 1 civil infraction for any person to use water in violation of the resolution at any time 48 hours after notice was given until the council rescinds or repeals the resolution. [BC 4.02.180, amended by Ordinance No. 4781, 9/8/20]
Full Breakdown
Beaverton City Code doesn't set a permanent day-of-week or time-of-day watering schedule. Instead, BC 4.02.180 lets the city council declare an emergency or anticipated water-supply reduction and, by resolution, prohibit or restrict water use for any or all users. Where circumstances don't require immediate action, the city recorder mails notice to affected properties; for urgent situations, notice can go out through radio, television or other media instead. Once notice has been given, water users have 48 hours to comply before the restriction is enforceable, and it stays in force until the council rescinds or repeals the resolution.
Violations & Fines
Using water in violation of a council water-restriction resolution is a class 1 civil infraction once 48 hours have passed since notice, continuing until the council rescinds the resolution.
Frequently Asked Questions
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