LADWP's Water Conservation Ordinance, LAMC §121.03, limits outdoor irrigation to two assigned days per week in summer and one in winter. Cycles run 8 minutes maximum per station with sprinklers, no irrigation 9am-4pm, and no runoff onto sidewalks or streets.
Under LAMC §121.03, all LADWP residential and commercial customers follow Phase 2 watering rules: even-address parcels water Mondays, Wednesdays, Saturdays; odd addresses Tuesdays, Thursdays, Sundays — only two of those days are allowed in summer, one in winter, per current LADWP schedule. Each watering station may run no longer than 8 minutes with conventional sprinklers (15 minutes with high-efficiency rotors). Irrigation between 9am and 4pm is banned, as is runoff that flows past the property line. Drip systems and hand-watering with a shutoff nozzle are exempt from time-of-day rules. Phase 3 emergency rules tighten further during droughts.
Watering on the wrong day, between 9am and 4pm, exceeding cycle time, or causing runoff violates LAMC §121.03. First citation is a written warning, then 100 dollars, escalating to 200 and 600 dollars for repeat offenses.
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