Water restrictions in Burbank, CA — also called the watering schedule, outdoor irrigation rules, or drought ordinance — set which days and hours you can run sprinklers or irrigation.
Burbank's Sustainable Water Use Ordinance (BMC 8-2-301 et seq.) limits outdoor irrigation by day, hour, and duration, and the city is currently in Stage III. Year-round Stage I rules also ban runoff onto paved surfaces and hosing down hard surfaces.
BMC Title 8, Chapter 2, Article 3 (the 'Sustainable Water Use Ordinance') imposes water restrictions in six escalating stages. Stage I measures apply at all times: landscaped areas may not be watered more than 15 minutes per station per day, no more than 3 days per week (Tuesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays), and not between 9:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. (or during daylight Nov-Mar). Sprinklers must be adjusted to avoid runoff onto streets, sidewalks, and other paved surfaces, and hosing down driveways/sidewalks is prohibited except for safety/sanitary hazards (BMC 8-2-304(A)). Burbank is presently in Stage III, which during April-October limits irrigation to 15 minutes per station, two days per week (Tuesdays and Saturdays only), and extends the 9 a.m.-6 p.m. no-watering window to attended hand-watering (BMC 8-2-304(C)). Low-volume/drip systems are exempt from the 15-minute cap but must still observe the days-per-week limit.
Enforced by administrative citation under BMC 1-1-108.1 after one courtesy notice; Burbank Water and Power publishes fines of $100 for the first violation, $200 for the second, and $500 for each violation thereafter.
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