San Diego Public Utilities Department enforces year-round outdoor irrigation rules at SDMC §67.3801, limiting watering to three assigned days per week, ten minutes per station, and prohibiting daytime irrigation between 10am and 6pm.
San Diego's Drought Response Conservation Program at SDMC §67.3801 sets baseline Level 1 conditions that always apply: outdoor irrigation is allowed only on assigned days based on address parity, restricted to before 10 a.m. or after 6 p.m., and capped at ten minutes per station per day. Hose-end watering must use a positive shut-off nozzle. Drinking water for ornamental fountains is prohibited unless recirculating. Restaurants must serve water only on request. Higher drought levels add cuts to watering days, vehicle washing limits, and outright bans on filling new pools. The Public Utilities Department issues warnings and fines, and customers can apply for variances for new landscape establishment or medical exceptions.
First-time violations receive a warning. Subsequent violations escalate from one hundred to five hundred dollars per occurrence under SDMC §67.3811, and chronic non-compliance may trigger flow restrictors installed on the customer's water meter.
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