Kyle, TX Landscaping Rules: Water Restrictions (2026)
Water restrictions in Kyle, TX, also called the watering schedule, outdoor irrigation rules, or drought ordinance, set which days and hours you can run sprinklers or irrigation.
Key Facts
- Odd addresses
- Water only Wednesday and/or Saturday
- Even addresses
- Water only Thursday and/or Sunday
- Commercial/multi-family
- Water only Tuesday and/or Friday
- Trigger
- Applies once BSEACD declares a drought stage
- First offense
- Warning; repeats fined $50-$2,000 per day
Summary
The City of Kyle assigns outdoor watering days by address parity under City Code § 50-92: odd-numbered residential addresses may water only Wednesday and/or Saturday, even-numbered addresses only Thursday and/or Sunday, and commercial or multi-family users only Tuesday and/or Friday, once a drought stage triggers the schedule.
Designated watering days have been established under some of the drought stages identified below in this plan. When this schedule is in effect, users may only water on the designated day that applies to the user. Designated days are assigned as follows: (1) Residential odd-numbered addresses = may only water Wednesday and/or Saturday. (2) Residential even-numbered addresses = may only water Thursday and/or Sunday. (3) Commercial and multi-family users = may only water Tuesday and/or Friday.
Full Breakdown
Kyle's watering-day schedule at § 50-92 sits inside the Water Use Management division of Chapter 50 and only takes legal effect once a designated drought stage activates it; under No Drought status in § 50-91(a) the city operates under normal conditions and merely encourages conservation. Once the Barton Springs/Edwards Aquifer Conservation District (BSEACD) declares an alarm, critical, exceptional or emergency stage, § 50-92 assigns fixed days by customer class: residential odd-numbered addresses may irrigate only Wednesday and/or Saturday, residential even-numbered addresses only Thursday and/or Sunday, and commercial and multi-family users only Tuesday and/or Friday.
The drought-stage sections layer additional limits on top of the day assignment: § 50-95 (alarm stage) restricts hose-and-sprinkler or automatic-system irrigation on the assigned day to before 10:00 a.m. and after 8:00 p.m., while permitting hand-held hose or bucket watering at any time; §§ 50-96 and 50-97 (critical and exceptional stages) tighten further, eventually limiting nurseries to hand-held hoses, watering cans or drip irrigation, and the emergency response period of § 50-98 cuts use to indoor only. A property owner may petition the city manager under § 50-91(h)(3) to split a lot into sections watered on different assigned days.
If a customer irrigates on a prohibited day or time and a city worker cannot find anyone at the address, the worker may shut off an accessible irrigation system under § 50-95(5)c.
Violations & Fines
The first violation of the day/time schedule during an active drought stage draws a warning under §§ 50-95 through 50-98(5)(a); a subsequent conviction is a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not less than $50.00 nor more than $2,000.00, with each day of continued violation a separate offense, and the city may discontinue water service after two or three documented violations depending on the drought stage. An accessible irrigation system caught running out of schedule may be shut off by a city worker on site.
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