San Bruno Municipal Code § 10.16.030 Prohibition of water waste

For water conservation purposes, it is the policy of the city to prohibit wasteful uses of water from the city's water supply system, or misuse of water in the city of San Bruno from whatever source.

The recipients of water delivered by the city shall put the water only to reasonable and beneficial use at all times. In addition to the state's water conservation restrictions, prohibitions or regulations, no customer or other user of the city's water system shall knowingly waste or permit the waste of water, including, but not limited to:

A. Watering outdoor landscapes in a manner that causes more than incidental runoff such that water flows onto adjacent property, non-irrigated areas, private and public walkways, roadways, parking lots, or structures.

B. Use of a hose that dispenses water to wash a motor vehicle, except where the hose is fitted with a shut-off nozzle or device attached to it that causes it to cease dispensing water immediately when not in use.

C. Hosing off sidewalks, driveways, and other hardscapes, except to the extent necessary to address a health and safety need.

D. Use of water in an ornamental fountain or other decorative water feature, except where:

1. The water is part of a recirculating system; or

2. The fountain is registered on the National Register of Historic Places as of January 1, 2018.

E. Watering turf and ornamental landscapes during and within forty-eight hours after measurable rainfall of at least one-fourth of one inch of rain, based on records of the National Weather Service, or the closest California Irrigation Management Information System station to the parcel, or any other reliable source of rainfall data available to the city.

F. Waste through leakage of defective or inoperable plumbing, piping, or other water-use equipment.

(Ord. 1522 § 3, 1990; Ord. 1533 § 2, 1991; Ord. 1902 § 3, 2021; Ord. 1911 § 1, 2022)