Water restrictions in Port St. Lucie, FL — also called the watering schedule, outdoor irrigation rules, or drought ordinance — set which days and hours you can run sprinklers or irrigation.
Port St. Lucie does not set its own lawn-watering calendar; landscape irrigation is governed by the South Florida Water Management District's mandatory year-round rule (Chapter 40E-24, Florida Administrative Code). Because the city is in St. Lucie County, properties may irrigate three days a week and never between 10:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m.
Florida's water management districts, not individual cities, set baseline landscape-irrigation schedules, so Port St. Lucie residents follow the South Florida Water Management District (SFWMD) Year-Round Landscape Irrigation Conservation Measures rule (Chapter 40E-24, F.A.C.). Under Rule 40E-24.201(5)(a), landscape irrigation is prohibited daily between 10:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. St. Lucie County is one of ten counties (along with Broward, Collier, Glades, Hendry, Lee, Martin, Miami-Dade, Monroe, and Palm Beach) granted a three-day schedule under subsection (7): odd-numbered addresses may irrigate only on Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday, and even-numbered addresses only on Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday. Hand watering with a self-cancelling (automatic shut-off) nozzle, low-volume micro/drip irrigation, and new-landscape establishment watering are generally exempt from the day-of-week limits. SFWMD may impose stricter phased restrictions during a declared water shortage, and the City of Port St. Lucie Utility Systems Department asks customers to follow the SFWMD schedule.
The SFWMD year-round rule is enforced by local governments and the District; violations of the watering schedule can result in code-enforcement warnings and fines, with stricter penalties during a declared water shortage. Penalty amounts are set by the enforcing jurisdiction.
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