Water Use Prohibitions In The City Of Long Beach, As Adopted By ...
Water Use Prohibitions in the City of Long Beach, as adopted
by the Long Beach Board of Water Commissioners, and as
incorporated, by reference, in the City of Long Beach Municipal
Code:
1)
Serving drinking water to any customer in a restaurant or other
public place where food is served, sold, or offered for sale unless
expressly requested by the customer. The Department shall make
“table tents” available to restaurants alerting customers to this
restriction and these types of other public places;
2)
Operating a non-water conserving pre-rinse nozzle in a food-
preparation establishment, such as a restaurant or cafeteria;
3)
Washing driveways, sidewalks, parking areas, patios or other
outdoor areas with a hose unless using a water-conserving
pressurized cleaning device; a simple spray nozzle does not qualify
as a water-conserving pressurized cleaning device;
4)
Irrigating landscape with potable water any day other than Monday,
Thursday, or Saturday, except for very short periods of time for the
expressed purpose of adjusting or repairing the irrigation system;
5)
Irrigating landscape with potable water between the hours of 9:00
a.m. and 4:00 p.m.;
6)
Irrigating landscape with potable water using stream rotator-type or
gear-driven sprinklers for more than fifteen (15) minutes per
watering day per station, or for more than ten (10) minutes per
watering day per station for all other types of sprinklers. Exempt
from these landscape irrigation restrictions are irrigation systems
using very low-flow drip-type irrigation when no emitter produces
more than two (2) gallons of water per hour;
7)
Operating an irrigation system which, in the determination of the
General Manager, is significantly water-inefficient by virtue of any
or all of the following: excessive over spray, misting, over
pressurization, misaligned or tilted spray heads, or any other
malfunction or out-of-adjustment condition; and
8)
Irrigating landscape using reclaimed water to the point that the
landscape becomes saturated and irrigation waters flow off the
landscape.
9)
Permitting the excess use, loss or escape of water through breaks,
leaks or other malfunctions in the water user’s plumbing or
distribution system for any period of time after such escape of water
should have reasonably been discovered and corrected;
10)
Watering or irrigating lawns, turf, or landscape areas beyond
saturation causing significant runoff, as determined by the Long
Beach Water Department (Department);
11)
Operating a fountain or other water feature that does not recirculate
the water;
12)
Washing a vehicle with a hose when the hose does not have a
water shut-off nozzle or device attached to it or allowing a hose to
run continuously while washing a vehicle;
13)
Using potable water, rather than reclaimed water, after the
Department has provided to the customer an analysis showing that
reclaimed water is a cost-effective alternative to potable water and
the customer has had a reasonable amount of time, as determined
by the General Manager of the Department or the General
Manager’s designee (collectively, “General Manager”), to make the
conversion to reclaimed water;
14)
For water customers that are a hotel or motel, failing to provide
customers the option of choosing not to have towels and linens
laundered daily. The hotel or motel shall prominently display notice
of this option in each bathroom and sleeping room using clear and
easily understood language. The Department shall make suitable
displays available.
