Schaumburg, IL Landscaping Rules: Water Restrictions (2026)
Water restrictions in Schaumburg, IL, also called the watering schedule, outdoor irrigation rules, or drought ordinance, set which days and hours you can run sprinklers or irrigation.
Key Facts
- Sprinkling hours
- 5:00 p.m. to 11:00 a.m. only
- Frequency limit
- No watering same property on consecutive days
- Waiver
- Up to 2 weeks by village manager approval
- New sod
- 2-week daily watering allowance automatic
- Emergency ban
- Village manager may bar all nonessential use
Summary
Schaumburg bans sprinkling or watering any property except between 5:00 p.m. and 11:00 a.m. year-round, and bars watering the same lot on consecutive days. Village Code § 51.003(A) enforces the schedule to protect water pressure during peak demand, while § 51.003(C) and (D) let the village manager waive it for special circumstances or newly installed sod for up to two weeks.
It is the purpose of this section to grant authority to the village manager, or his/her authorized designee to regulate the use of village water during periods of peak demand and drought in order to conserve the village water and water pressure.(A)Hours and Nonconsecutive Days: It shall be unlawful to sprinkle or water any property within the corporate limits of the village except between the hours of 5:00 p.m. and 11:00 a.m. through the entire year. It shall be unlawful to sprinkle or water on the same property on consecutives days.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 56 Update 1 | Policy Manual: Supplement 20).
Full Breakdown
, a restriction that runs the entire year rather than just summer months, and separately makes it unlawful to water the same property on consecutive days. The rule sits inside the broader 'Water Conservation' section, which the village manager or an authorized designee administers to protect village water supply and pressure during periods of peak demand and drought. 003(D) automatically extends daily watering for up to two weeks to a property owner who has just installed sod or planted grass seed. 003(B) gives the village manager authority to declare a total ban on nonessential outdoor water use during a supply emergency, prohibiting any hose connection to the village system for sprinkling streets, driveways, sidewalks, cars or lawns; that emergency ban excludes hand-held watering cans and drip or root-feeding devices within a tree's dripline.
5(g) of the Illinois Plumbing License Law. The section traces to Ordinance 2655, passed June 10, 1986, and has been amended five times since, most recently by Ordinance 15-093 in September 2015.
Violations & Fines
Sprinkling outside the 5:00 p.m. to 11:00 a.m. window, or watering the same property on back-to-back days, is unlawful under § 51.003(A) and can draw a citation from village code enforcement. During a declared emergency, using a hose connected to the village supply for any nonessential outdoor purpose, such as washing a car or sprinkling a lawn, violates the total ban in § 51.003(B) until the village manager rescinds it.
Frequently Asked Questions
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