Birmingham residential water service is provided by Birmingham Water Works Board, a separate non-governmental utility, which during drought may impose voluntary or mandatory irrigation restrictions independent of city ordinance authority.
Water service in Birmingham is supplied not by the city but by the Birmingham Water Works Board (BWWB), an independent utility serving roughly 770,000 customers across Jefferson, Shelby, Walker, Blount, and St. Clair counties. The Board's drought response plan can declare voluntary conservation, then mandatory odd/even-day irrigation, and finally outdoor-watering bans during severe drought. Because BWWB is a separate entity, the City of Birmingham itself does not enforce lawn-watering rules; instead BWWB issues warnings and may impose surcharges or service restrictions. Customers should track BWWB advisories rather than city code.
BWWB drought-stage surcharges, written warnings, and in extreme cases service restrictions until customer compliance is verified.
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Birmingham City Code section 11-8-23(16) prohibits creating excessive noise within 500 feet of any school, church, court or institution of learning in use, o...
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Birmingham City Code section 11-8-23(7) bars using drums, horns, loudspeakers, amplifiers or public-address systems for commercial advertising when the sound...
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Birmingham City Code section 11-8-23 bars sounding a vehicle horn or signal device for more than 30 seconds except as a danger warning, requires effective mu...
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Birmingham's noise ordinance expressly exempts noise from the operation of the Birmingham International Airport (City Code sec. 11-8-25(3)). In-flight aircra...
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Birmingham City Code section 11-8-23(8) makes amplified sound, stereos, TVs and musical instruments a nuisance when plainly audible 50 feet from a building o...
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Birmingham requires off-street handicapped parking spaces under its 2024 Off-Street Parking ordinance, provided in accordance with the adopted International ...
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