Virginia Beach Public Utilities can impose mandatory outdoor watering restrictions during declared drought, typically limiting irrigation to odd/even address days and prohibiting daytime watering between 10 a.m. and 6 p.m.
Under City Code Section 37-50 and the City's drought response plan coordinated with Norfolk's Lake Gaston pipeline supplier, the City Manager may declare voluntary or mandatory water-use stages. Stage 2 typically restricts lawn irrigation to odd/even calendar days based on street address, bans midday watering 10 a.m.-6 p.m., and prohibits washing impervious surfaces. Stage 3 bans non-essential outdoor use entirely. Outside drought declarations, year-round common-sense rules ban water-wasting runoff onto streets. Sandbridge and other private-well users are exempt but encouraged to comply.
First violation written warning, second offense $50 civil penalty, third and subsequent offenses up to $250 plus possible service disconnection during declared emergencies.
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