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South Pasadena Municipal Code Ch. 35 Water

South Pasadena Municipal Code · 2026-09 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · South Pasadena

Cite as: South Pasadena Municipal Code Chapter 35 · Text as of 2026-10-04

Sections:

ARTICLE I. GENERAL REGULATIONS
35.1 Notice and permit to tap, open, etc., city pipes.
35.2 New service lateral and meter charges.
35.3 Domestic water rates inside city.
35.4 Domestic water rates outside city.
35.5 Same—For industrial use.
35.6 Same—For waste in absence of meter.
35.7 Minimum rate to be charged—Exception.
35.8 No charge for turning on or shutting off service at customer’s request.
35.9 Customer to be charged for all water passing through meter.
35.10 Authority of city manager to resolve complaints concerning water charges and disputes regarding the rates.
35.11 Application for water delivery and deposit required.
35.12 When service bills are due.
35.13 Discontinuance of service—For failure to pay bill.
35.14 Discontinuance of service—For noncompliance with rules and regulations.
35.15 Unauthorized turn-on prohibited.
35.16 Authority to shut off water from mains and pipes.
35.17 Installation of meters.
35.18 Damaging or interfering with meters.
35.19 Services and meters are property of water department—Maintenance of services and meters.
35.20 Shut-off valves.
35.21 Cross-connections.
35.22 Repealed by Ordinance No. 1964.
35.23 Meters not to be bypassed.
35.24 Testing of meters.
35.25 Use of fire hydrants.
35.26 Private fire protection.
35.27 Water not to be drawn from city pipes into steam boiler, power pump, etc.
35.28 Contamination of supply.
35.29 Inlet must discharge above high water level of tanks, cisterns, etc.—Exception.
35.30 Identification of and inspections by water department employees.
35.31 Water department to retain revenue.
35.32 Certain department records to be kept at least five years.

35.33 Repealed by Ordinance No. 2268.


35.34 Temporary meter.
35.35 Exchange services.
35.36 Service lateral and meter relocations.
35.37 Water pressure.
35.38 More than one service.
35.39 Services classes.
35.40 Supplying another person.
ARTICLE II. WATER CONSERVATION
35.41 Hose use.
35.42 Runoff.
35.43 Water landscape.
35.44 Washing vehicles.
35.45 Serving water in restaurants.
35.46 Repair all leaks.
35.47 Decorative structures.
35.48 Enforcement.
ARTICLE III. WATER EFFICIENT LANDSCAPE
35.50 Purpose.
35.51 Applicability.
35.52 Definitions.
35.53 Provisions for new construction or rehabilitated landscapes.
35.54 Compliance with landscape documentation package.
35.55 Elements of the landscape documentation package.
35.56 Water efficient landscape worksheet.
35.57 Soil management report.
35.58 Landscape design plan.
35.59 Irrigation design plan.
35.60 Grading design plan.
35.61 Certificate of completion.
35.62 Irrigation scheduling.
35.63 Landscape and irrigation maintenance schedule.
35.64 Irrigation audit, irrigation survey, and irrigation water use analysis.
35.65 Irrigation efficiency.
35.66 Recycled water.
35.67 Graywater systems.
35.68 Stormwater management and rainwater retention.

35.69 Public education.

35.70 Provisions for existing landscaping.


35.71 Irrigation audit, irrigation survey, and irrigation water use analysis—Existing landscapes.
35.72 Water waste prevention.
35.73 Effective precipitation.
35.74 Penalties.
35.75 Reference evapotranspiraton (ETo) table.
35.76 Prescriptive compliance option.
ARTICLE IV. WATER CONSERVATION AND SUPPLY SHORTAGE PLANS
35.80 Policy and purpose.
35.81 Application.
35.82 Permanent water conservation requirements.
35.83 Water shortage plan implementation.
35.84 Stage 1: Moderate water supply shortage.
35.85 Stage 2: Serious water supply shortage.
35.86 Stage 3: Extreme water supply shortage.
35.87 Stage 4: Emergency water supply shortage.
35.88 Sudden catastrophic water supply shortage.
ARTICLE V. VIOLATIONS AND PENALTIES
35.90 Violations and penalties—Residential customers and all other customers with water meters less than two inches.
35.91 Violations and penalties—Nonresidential customers with water meters two inches or larger.
35.92 Notice.
35.93 Right to hearing and stay.
35.94 Reservation of rights.
35.95 Willful misrepresentation.
* For state law as to water systems generally, see H. & S.C., §§
4010 to
4035.As to pollution of water, see H. & S.C., §§
4400
  • For state law as to water systems generally, see H. & S.C., §§ 4010 to 4035. As to pollution of water, see H. & S.C., §§ 4400 to 4461. As to water supply in trailer camps, see § 6.26 of this Code. Prior ordinance history: Ords. 592, 642, 770, 790, 913, 950, 971, 1057, 1234, 1330, 1425, 1442, 1460, 1620, 1640 and 1665.

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