13.04.210 Unlawful water use.
It is unlawful for any person to use, permit or allow the use of water in any of the following manners:
For washing of sidewalks, driveways, patios, parking lots, aprons or other non-landscaped exterior ground areas, except for the purpose of maintaining the area in a clean, safe and sanitary condition; Watering of landscaping:
Except at locations bearing a street address ending in an even number except on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday; Except at locations bearing a street address ending in an odd number except on Wednesday, Friday and Sunday; At any location between the hours of 12:00 pm to 6:00 p.m. on any day; At all locations and all times, watering of landscapes is prohibited on Monday; The following shall not be subject to the watering day and time restrictions:
All locations within thirty days of new landscape installation; Manteca public golf course, city parks, the City Hall complex, and Manteca Unified School District landscapes; Private Parks or other landscaped areas larger than four acres; Landscape irrigation exclusively using drip irrigation and / or micro spray irrigation systems; Irrigating outdoors during and within forty-eight hours following measurable (at a minimum any amount of rainfall that generates runoff or puddles) rainfall; Taking of water from any fire hydrant except by regularly constituted fire protection agencies or provided a permit for construction water has been obtained through the Utilities Department; Allowing the escape of water through leaks, breaks or malfunction in the user’s plumbing or distribution system for more than twenty-four hours after discovery thereof by, or notice thereof to, the user; Washing of automobiles or boats except:
By use of a quick-acting positive shut-off nozzle on the hose or a bucket and sponge; At a commercial car wash;
Serving water by restaurants except upon request of a customer; Irrigation that causes water runoff onto adjacent property, non-irrigated areas, private and public walkways, roadways, parking lots, or structures; Using potable water in decorative water features that do not recirculate the water; Hotels and motels must offer their guests the option to not have their linens and towels laundered daily, and prominently display this option in each guest room.
Using potable water to irrigate Non-Functional Turf, which is defined as turf located within street rights-of-way and parking lots, is prohibited on commercial, industrial, and institutional properties, other than a cemetery, and on properties of homeowners’ associations, common interest developments, and community service organizations or similar entities as of the following dates:
All properties owned by local governmental, local and regional public agencies beginning January 1, 2027.
All other institutional properties and all commercial and industrial properties beginning January 1, 2028.
All common areas of properties of homeowners’ associations, common interest developments and community service organizations or similar entities beginning January 1, 2029.
All properties owned by local government, local public agencies in a disadvantaged community, beginning January 1, 2031, or the date upon which a state funding source is made available to fund conversion of nonfunction turf, whichever is later.
Notwithstanding, the use of potable water is not prohibited by this section to the extent necessary to ensure the health of trees and other perennial nonturf plantings, or to the extent necessary to address an immediate health and safety need. (Ord. 870 § 1, 1990; Ord. 911 § 2, 1991; Ord. 915 § 1, 1991; Ord. 986 § 1, 1994; Ord. 1110 § 2, 1999; Ord. 1111 § 2, 1999; Ord. 1126 § 1, 2000; Ord. 1239 § 1, 2003; Ord. 1548 §§ 2, 3, 2014; Ord. 1569 § 1, 2015; Ord. 1583 §§ 1, 2, 2016; Ord. O2022-19 § 1; Ord. O2023-17 § 1) SECTION 2: Severability. If any section, sub-section, subdivision, paragraph, clause or phrase in this Ordinance, or any part thereof, is for any reason held to be invalid or unconstitutional, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining sections or portions of this Ordinance or any part thereof. The City Council hereby declares that it would have passed each section, sub-section, subdivision, paragraph, sentence, clause or phrase of this Ordinance, irrespective of the fact that any one or more sections, sub-sections, subdivisions, paragraphs, sentences, clauses or phrases may be declared invalid or unconstitutional.
SECTION 3: Effective Date. This Ordinance shall become effective thirty (30) days following adoption.
City of Manteca, a municipal corporation
MAYOR: __________________________
GARY SINGH
ATTEST: __________________________
CASSANDRA CANDINI-TILTON
CITY CLERK
STATE OF CALIFORNIA
COUNTY OF SAN JOAQUIN SS:
CITY OF MANTECA
I, Cassandra Candini-Tilton, City Clerk of the City of Manteca, do hereby certify that the foregoing Ordinance had its first reading and was introduced during the public meeting of the City Council on the 20th day of October, 2026, and had its second reading and was adopted and passed during the public meeting of the City Council on the ___ day of _______, 2026, by the following vote:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
ABSTAIN:
ATTEST: __________________________
CASSANDRA CANDINI-TILTON
City Clerk
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