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ATTACHMENT 1
ORDINANCE NO. _____________
AN ORDINANCE OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF BURBANK REPEALING AND REPLACING
TITLE 5, CHAPTER 3, ARTICLE 15, SECTION
5-3-1504 OF THE BURBANK MUNICIPAL CODE TO
UPDATE WATER EFFICIENCY REQUIREMENTS FOR
SPECIFIC PLUMBING FIXTURES
City Attorney’s Synopsis
T
his ordinance amends the Burbank Municipal Code section 5-3- 1504 to require that any toilets, urinals, showerheads, bathroom faucet aerators and kitchen faucet aerators that are not in compliance with the 2022 California Plumbing Code are replaced with compliant plumbing fixtures for residential, commercial or industrial properties (a) prior to the entering into a sale agreement or exchange agreement or (b) if an escrow agreement has been executed in connection with such sale or exchange, prior to the close of escrow.
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ec. 5-3-1504. Retrofit Measures.
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rior to entering into an agreement of sale or contracting for an exchange of any real property improved with residential, commercial, or industrial buildings, or when an escrow agreement has been executed in connection therewith, prior to the close of escrow, each seller shall replace all noncomplying toilets, urinals, showerheads, bathroom faucet aerators, kitchen faucet aerators with water -conserving plumbing fixtures in alignm ent with the 2022 California Plumbing Code.
A. Replace all noncomplying toilets with toilets that do not exceed 1.28 gallons per flush. In lieu of replacement, a seller may modify a noncomplying toilet with the installation of a dual flush toilet conversion kit that reduces water usage to a maximum of 1.28 gallons per flush.
B. Replace all noncomplying floor-mounted urinals with floor -mounted urinals that flush with a maximum of 0.5 gallons per flush. In lieu of replacement, a seller may modify a noncomplying urinal with the installation of a urinal conversion kit that reduces water usage to a maximum of 0.5 gallons per flush.
C. Replace all noncomplying wall-mounted urinals with wall- mounted urinals that flush with a maximum of 0.125 gallons per flush. In lieu of replacement, a seller may modify a noncomplying urinal with the installation of a urinal conversion kit that reduces water usage to a maximum of 0.125 gallons per flush.
D. Equip all showers with showerheads having a flow rate not to exceed 1.8 gallons per minute at 80 psi. This requirement shall not apply to any emergency shower ATTACHMENT 1
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installed for health or safety purposes that cannot safely operate with a maximum flow rate specified in the current California Plumbing Code.
E. Replace all bathroom faucet aerators with aerators having a flow rate not exceeding 1.2 gallons per minute at 60 psi.
F. Replace all kitchen faucet aerators with aerators having a flow rate not exceeding
1.8 gallons per minute at 60 psi with a temporary increase of up to 2.2 gallons per minute at 60 psi and must default to a maximum flow rate not exceeding 1.8 gallons per minute at 60 psi.
G. Replace all public or common area bathroom faucet aerators with aerators having a flow rate not exceeding 0.5 gallons per minute at 60 psi.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this __ day of _____, 2022.
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Jess A. Talamantes
Mayor
Approved as to Form:
Attest: Office of the City Attorney
__________________________ By: _______________________ Zizette Mullins, MMC, City Clerk Joseph H. McDougall City Attorney
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ) ss.
CITY OF BURBANK )
I, Zizette Mullins, MMC, City Clerk of the City of Burbank, do hereby certify that the foregoing Ordinance No. ________ was duly and regularly passed and adopted by the Council of the City of Burbank at its regular meeting held on the ___ day of ____, 2022 , by the following vote:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
I further certify that said Synopsis was published as required by law in a newspaper of general circulation in the City of Burbank, California within 14 days following of the ordinance’s adoption on ___________.
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Zizette Mullins, MMC, City Clerk